{"id":15542,"date":"2025-02-09T21:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T21:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/trump-says-he-expects-musk-to-find-billions-in-pentagon-waste-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T21:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T21:46:30","slug":"trump-says-he-expects-musk-to-find-billions-in-pentagon-waste-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/trump-says-he-expects-musk-to-find-billions-in-pentagon-waste-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he expects Musk to find billions in Pentagon waste &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he expects <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk<\/a> to find hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon during an audit that the billionaire will lead.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the Department of Education. \u2026 Then I\u2019m going to go, go to the military. Let\u2019s check the military,\u201d Trump said in a Super Bowl interview with Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ui5KrRrxvuQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an excerpt<\/a> of which was aired on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse,\u201d Trump said of the largest federal department.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon\u2019s budget is approaching US$1 trillion per year. In December, then-President Joe Biden signed a bill authorizing $895 billion in defense spending for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Musk, who the White House says is a special government employee, has been tasked by Trump to lead an effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10995782\/trump-musk-shut-down-usaid\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slash the size of the U.S. federal workforce<\/a>. As part of that initiative, Musk aides have sought access to confidential information in computer systems at various government agencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_67a91e6c36a4a-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 2 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_67a91e6c36a4a\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11010889\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" 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happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>National Security Adviser Mike Waltz suggested in a separate interview on Sunday that the Pentagon\u2019s shipbuilding processes could be an area of particular interest for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and he characterized the Pentagon in general as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/feb-9-nsa-mike-waltz-sen-andy-kim-and-amanda-gorman-231499845879\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full of unnecessary bloat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything there seems to cost too much, take too long and deliver too little to the soldiers\u2026 We do need business leaders to go in there and absolutely reform the Pentagon\u2019s acquisition process,\u201d Waltz said in an interview on NBC\u2019s <em>Meet the Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere is plenty to look into in shipbuilding, which is an absolute mess,\u201d Waltz added.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders from across the political spectrum have long criticized waste and inefficiency at the Pentagon. But Democrats and civil service unions say Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/doge\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DOGE<\/a> lacks the expertise to restructure the Pentagon, and their efforts risk exposing classified programs.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s companies also hold major contracts with the Pentagon, which has raised significant conflict of interest concerns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Politics<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11011285\/donald-trump-elon-musk-pentagon-doge\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects Elon Musk to find hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon during an audit that the billionaire will lead. \u201cI\u2019m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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