Washington, United States /
Former US president and Republican candidate donald trump He trusted this Friday that the magnate Elon Musk help you save trillions of dollars of public money working for him in his eventual Administration.
“He’s going to be the one that cuts our costs. I think he could save billions,” Trump said at a rally in Walker, in the key state of Michigan.
Trump announced at the beginning of the month that if he returns to power after the November 5 elections, he will create a government efficiency commission, thus adopting a political idea that Musk presented to him, one of its closest allies in recent times.
The Republican candidate then pointed out that the objective of that commission will be to identify ways to eliminate unnecessary spending, as well; Musk commented that he would be happy to help in such an organization, which he has named Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, in the English acronym proposed by the tycoon).
“I don’t think I can have him full time, because he’s a little busy launching rockets and all the things he does,” added Trump in Michigan, according to whom the owner of X and the founder of SpaceX will help him “for free.”
“He is going to do it for nothing because he wants to see this country be great. Having his support is very great. We have great support, but let me say one thing, being involved is going to be incredible,” he said.
However, the Musk’s businesses could interfere with this position with conflicts of interestas they are regulated by various federal agencies.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (POT) is one of SpaceX’s main customers. On the other hand, Tesla’s auto sales and energy business are subsidized by federal tax creditsand X is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission.
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