'People Getting Unemployment Insurance Who Haven't Been Born': Musk's DOGE Claims Make Cabinet Laugh

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00:00Well, thanks to your fantastic leadership, this amazing cabinet, the very talented Doge team,

00:10I'm excited to announce that we anticipate savings in FY26 from reduction of waste and

00:16fraud by $150 billion. And I mean, and some of it is just absurd, like people getting

00:23unemployment insurance who haven't been born yet. I mean, I think anyone can appreciate whether,

00:27I mean, come on. That's just crazy. So, you know, some of these things, people ask me, like, well,

00:36how are you going to find waste and fraud in the government? I'm like, well, actually just go in

00:40any direction. That's how you find it. It's just, it's very common. It's, as the military would say,

00:47target rich environment. So, so then we're doing a lot of good and an excellent collaboration with

00:57the cabinet to achieve these savings. And it will actually result in better services for the

01:02American people. And that we're going to be spending their tax dollars in a way that is

01:07sensible and fair and good. And your people are fantastic. In fact, hopefully they'll stay around

01:13for the long haul. We'd like to keep as many as we can. They're great. Smart, sharp, right?

01:18Yes. Finding views that nobody would have thought of. Very computer savvy.

01:23Yes. We're working with Howard to get the Trump gold card operational, hopefully in the next week or so.

01:31That would be very exciting. It's a pathway to citizenship into the United States.

01:39I think it's a big deal. It's a big deal. Thank you very much. Great job you're doing.

01:43Thank you, Sarah. Thanks to your leadership and setting the mandate.

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