Multibillionaire Elon Musk said he views his job in the Trump administration as “tech support” to ensure that the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump are carried out and not hindered by government bureaucrats.
In a sit-down interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, as President Trump sat next to him, Musk said the Department of Government Efficiency has been one of the key components in finding cases of bureaucrats seeking to circumvent Trump’s orders to the executive branch.
“That may seem like: Is that a silly thing? But actually it’s a very important thing, because the president will make these executive orders, which are very sensible and good for the country, but then they don’t get implemented,” Musk said.
The inclusion of Musk and his DOGE team is one of biggest differences from the first Trump administration.
“If you take the funding for the migrant hotels, the president issued an executive order that we need to stop taking taxpayer money and paying for luxury hotels for illegal immigrants. It makes no sense. People do not want their tax dollars going to fund high-end hotels for illegals. Yet they were still doing that, even as late as last…
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