Trump and Musk defend cutting federal programs under new DOGE initiative

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Musk claimed that the two spoke daily and had frequent conversations about where the South African-born billionaire should concentrate his efforts within the government.

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk have defended the slashing of federal

00:06government programs and employees under Musk's DOJ program.

00:11In a rare question-and-answer session between Musk and reporters on Tuesday, Elon Musk insisted

00:16he was not orchestrating a hostile takeover of government.

00:22Transparency is what builds trust, not simply somebody asserting trust, not somebody saying

00:27they're trustworthy, but transparency, so you can see everything that's going on.

00:31And you can see, am I doing something that benefits one of my companies or not?

00:34It's totally obvious.

00:35And if we thought that, we would not let him do that segment or look in that area.

00:41If we thought there was a lack of transparency or a conflict of interest, and we watch that

00:47also.

00:48He's a big businessman.

00:49He's a successful guy.

00:51That's why we want him doing this.

00:52We don't want an unsuccessful guy doing this.

00:57Trump and Musk are pushing federal workers to resign in return for financial incentives,

01:02although their plan is currently on hold while a judge reviews its legality.

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