Elon Muskthe billionaire advisor to the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trumpassured that reduce federal public spending in a billion dollars It would be a “super result.”
Founder of Tesla y SpaceX and now at the head of a commission of “government effectiveness”the richest man in the world indicated that he will try for the initial number. Which, he assures, would be “the best possible result.”
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“But I think that if we try to reduce two billion, we have a good chance of reaching one” cut, he added.
The statements of Musk They took place during a talk broadcast on their social network X, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, with the president of the marketing company Stagwell, Mark Penn.
The billionaire spoke of a “super result” of achieving his goal.
In addition, Musk indicated that he found several expenses you could cut. Although he did not detail them, he maintained: “It’s like being in a room full of objectives. You can close your eyes and be sure not to miss.”
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Musk has already referred in the past to “massive reductions of officials in the federal bureaucracy”, to whom he promised “decent” exit conditions.
About two-thirds of federal spending goes to programs that Trump will not be able to cut, since some have indicated that they do not want to cut related to social security and health.
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