U.S. president Donald Trump announced during a conversation with Fox tv that Elon Musk He'll do an audit at the Pentagon.
Soon, possibly in 24 hours, I'll send him to the Department of Education. Then I'm going to join the army. said Trump. We will find billions, hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud and fraud.
This year's Pentagon budget amounts to $895 billion, recalled the agency Reuters. Musk took the lead State Performance Department (DOGE). The owner of Tesla and the X platform has, as explained by the White House, the position of a peculiar state worker who usually grants out-of-the-art advisors doing work for little than 130 days a year. Its function is to "eliminate fraud, waste and abuse" in the national administration and to reduce employment among public workers.
USA. Trump announces a Pentagon audit
Also National safety Advisor Mike Waltz He commented on Sunday on the expenses of the Ministry of Defence. In an interview with NBC station, he stated that Musk might be peculiarly curious in the ship building process. Waltz criticized the Pentagon, claiming that “everything there seems to cost besides much, to last besides long and to give soldiers besides little.”
– We request business leaders who will go in there and absolutely improvement the purchasing processes," he said. The army's shipyard orders were described as "absolute mess‘.
SEE: The head of the Pentagon will come to Poland. The expression of a strong partnership
Leaders from across the political spectrum have long criticised waste and inefficiency at the Pentagon. But Democrats and civilian service unions say DOGE lacks expertise to restructure the Pentagon, and their efforts endanger to exposure secret military programs. Moreover, Muska besides has crucial contracts with the Pentagon, which raises serious concerns about conflicts of interest.
The head of the Pentagon will come to Poland
After Donald Trump took over, Pete Hegseth became the fresh head of the Pentagon. During the vote in the American Senate, he decided 1 vote. Although Republicans have a majority in the chamber, parliamentarians were divided. He yet decided 1 vote, which belonged to Vice president J.D. Vance.
On Friday, it was announced that the fresh Secretary of defence of the United States would arrive in Poland next week. It's 1 of the first countries the Pentagon chief goes to. The politician is to discuss with the Polish leaders "the deterrence measures on the east flank of NATO and Poland's leadership as a model ally in defence investments". Hegseth will besides visit Germany and Belgium.
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