Issues want to get fascinating in the present day as President Trump vows to select up Washington by the collar and shake them round a bit of bit.
The President is ready to publicly disclose the names of people and organizations he alleges have benefited from large authorities waste and fraud, as uncovered by DOGE.
The President contends that Elon Musk and his Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) have already found “tremendous fraud” simply weeks into his administration. We’ve seen a number of examples already.
And he’s about to again that up with receipts. Trump additionally took a hilarious jab at a reporter who questioned his claims.
“What we’re going to do is tomorrow [Thursday], I’m having a news conference,” mentioned Trump.
“I’m going to read to you some of the names that hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars have been given to, and if you tell me that we should be giving money to those things, those entities, I think you’ll probably have to leave as a reporter because you’re not very talented.”
🚨‼️JUST IN: President Trump commends Elon, declares a information convention set for TOMORROW —
— will learn record of names of recipients of waste, fraud and abuse.
“I’m going to read to you some of the names that hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars have been given to.”… pic.twitter.com/6QzXTAPFtA
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 12, 2025
Trump About To Unleash Record Of Fraud
President Trump delivering the fraud receipts to a media that usually fails to ship their very own is a factor of magnificence. The forthcoming press convention goals to name out what he describes as billions of {dollars} in questionable federal spending, spotlighting the recipients of this largesse.
Nevertheless, in actuality, fraud and waste are extra probably within the trillions at this level. Think about the federal authorities spent $6.75 trillion final 12 months.
“When you look at the kind of money, billions and billions of dollars being thrown away illegally, and there’s no there’s no chance, I mean I say in front of our attorney general [Pam Bondi], there’s no chance that there’s not kickbacks or something going on,” Trump mentioned.
“The biggest thing is what they do to our country, they’re taking massive amounts of money and spending it on items. I went through a list of 200 expenditures that were made, and I found three that looked like they were reasonable,” he added. “Okay, three.”
“And we’ll be talking about that tomorrow.”
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Praises Elon’s Efforts
Throughout the identical interplay with a reporter, President Trump praised Elon Musk’s efforts even because the media tried—ineffectively—to drive a wedge between them.
Musk’s targets for the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) have been fairly simple. He goals to deal with wasteful spending and eradicate pointless rules.
Trump is on board with that, irrespective of what number of occasions the left calls him “President Musk” in an try to rock the boat.
🚨President Trump on Elon Musk:
“I want to commend Elon Musk because he’s done a fantastic job. He found more things than anybody could find. He’s got the credibility to do it. It’s his group of people, they started off with 12, went to 20-25 and now almost 100 people.” pic.twitter.com/yF9cakJytN
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“We have a lot of stuff, and I want to commend Elon because he’s done a fantastic job,” the President mentioned.
“He doesn’t need this, you know. He’s abused by you people every day. He’s found more things than anybody could find. I think he’s got the credibility to do it. I know he does.”
Trump and Musk teaming as much as title names are vital for accountability, particularly in mild of the administration’s latest successes in figuring out wasteful spending throughout numerous departments like USAID, the Schooling Division, and FEMA.
