Trump says he expects Musk to find billions of dollars in fraud and abuse in the Pentagon

“I will tell him very soon, perhaps in 24 hours, to check the Education Department. … Then I will check the Armed Forces. We will check the military,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News, whose Excerpt aired this Sunday.

“We will find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and abuse,” Trump said over the Pentagon.

The Pentagon Budget is approaching $ 1 trillion per year. In December, then -President Joe Biden signed a bill authorizing $ 895 billion in defense spending for fiscal year ending on September 30.

Musk, which the White House claims to be a special government official, was charged with Trump to lead an effort to reduce the size of the federal workforce. As part of this initiative, Musk advisors have sought access to confidential information on computer systems from various government agencies.

Critics claim that efforts are probably illegal, risk exposing confidential information and, in practice, are destroying entire agencies without the approval of Congress.

Leaders of the entire political spectrum have long criticized the waste and inefficiency of the Pentagon. But democrats and civil servants’ unions say that the department of government efficiency in Musk does not have the necessary experience to restructure the Pentagon, and their efforts risk exposing confidential programs.