President Donald Trump called his Cabinet together on Wednesday morning, and he asked Elon Musk to discuss his work with DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency.
An executive order established DOGE, which has taken a hatchet to government programs without any guidance or mandate from the United States Congress. The goal of the Trump administration's program is to cut $2 trillion, but it expects to cut at least $1 trillion.
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"If this continues, the country will go — become de facto bankrupt," Musk said. It's not an optional thing. It is an essential thing. that's that's. The reason I'm here, and taking a lot of flack and getting a lot of death threats, by the way. I mean, like, stack them up, you know? But if we don't do this, America will go bankrupt."
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