Musk and Trump want to “optimize” the Pentagon budget for hundreds of billions of dollars – ft

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/bb/bb/b6/ib -fq50959np_ea2a6bbb1.jpg" Alt = "Musk and Trump Want & quot; quot; quot; quot; quot; ~ < p > The new US administration plans to “optimize” the cost of the Pentagon at the same time when Donald Trump presses on Europe, demanding a sharp increase in their defense costs. Financial Times writes about it.

< p >According to Trump, the US Department of Defense, whose annual budget is about $ 800 billion, will soon be in view of the Efficiency Department, which heads the eccentric billionaire Ilon Musk.

< p > “Let's check the military. We will find billions, hundreds of billions of fraud and abuse. You know people have chosen me on this,” Trump said

~ < P > The potential involvement of the mask in search of savings on the costs of the Pentagon has already caused anxiety about the potential conflict of interest. After all, SpaceX and Starlink have contracts with the government. & Amp; nbsp; but Mike Voltz, Trump Advisor on National Security, rejected these anxiety. According to him, “all corresponding fuses” will be in place.

< p > “the American people said that enough swelling, waste and debt. We really need big minds, and we need business leaders to come there and fully reform the processes of Pentagon procurement”, & ndash; he said.

< P > The second administration of Trump with the participation of Mask has already resorted to aggressive attempts to stop some federal programs. However, some of these efforts managed to block the courts. Democrats generally speak of the greatest constitutional crisis for half a century.

< p > Republican Mike Turner agrees that budget expenditures need to be evaluated critically, but he also said that Musk and his department could act more carefully.

< p > “he needs to communicate more professionally with the American public,” Turner said.