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Trump says Musk will help uncover ‘hundreds of billions’ in U.S. govt fraud

February 10, 2025
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump. U.S. President Donald Trump said in remarks airing on February 9, 2025, that Mr. Musk, who is presiding over a purge of U.S. government jobs, will help find “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud” in federal agencies.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said in remarks aired Sunday (February 9, 2025) that Elon Musk, who is presiding over a purge of government jobs, will help find “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud” in federal agencies.

Speaking in a Fox News interview aired before the Super Bowl football championship, Mr. Trump said the American people “want me to find” waste and that Mr. Musk, the world’s richest man and the leader of the president’s cost-cutting efforts, has been “a great help” in rooting out unnecessary spending.

“We’re going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse. And, you know, the people elected me on that,” Mr. Trump told Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier.

During his three weeks in office the President has unleashed a flurry of executive orders aimed at slashing federal spending. He has appointed SpaceX and Tesla boss Mr. Musk to lead his federal cost-cutting efforts under the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The administration has highlighted several government projects Mr. Trump believes should be ended or curtailed, but evidence of any widespread illegal activity or fraud has not been presented.

Mr. Musk has already taken unprecedented steps to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), laying off thousands of employees.

On Friday (February 7, 2025), a federal judge ordered a temporary pause to the administration’s plan to put 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave.

In the interview, Mr. Trump claimed there was “hundreds of millions of dollars of money that’s going to places where it shouldn’t be going.”

Mr. Trump said in his interview that over the next day or so he will order Mr. Musk to turn his government scalpel to the Department of Education, a frequent target of Republican ire.

“Then I’m going to go to the military,” Mr. Trump said, reiterating his call for a review of spending at the Pentagon, whose budget totals some $850 billion.

Mr. Trump also doubled down on a scheme to annex Canada, saying the United States’ northern neighbor “would be much better off being a 51st state, because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada.”

Since taking office, Mr.. Trump has characterized billions of dollars in daily bilateral trade as a U.S. “subsidy” and claimed without evidence that Canada would not be “a viable country” without it.

Mr. Trump threatened Canada and Mexico with a 25% tariff on all imports, suspending the measures after striking deals with both countries on plans to curb illegal immigration and the trafficking of fentanyl into the United States.

Both countries secured a one-month delay after the 11th-hour talks with Mr. Trump, but on Sunday the U.S, leader warned what had been done so far was “not enough.”

“Something has to happen, it’s not sustainable, and I’m changing it,” he said, when asked if both countries needed to do more before the 30-day deadline.

Published – February 10, 2025 06:41 am IST

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