American Military News by Dave Goldiner - New York Daily News 2/27/2025
Elon Musk grabbed center stage at the first Cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump’s second term — despite not heading an actual Cabinet department — saying “America will go bankrupt” without his budget-slashing efforts.
Wearing a black MAGA cap and “Tech Support” T-shirt, the billionaire first buddy told the president and assembled agency leaders that he would continue implementing deep cuts across the federal government.
“We cannot sustain as a country $2 trillion deficits,” Musk said. “If this continues, the country will become de facto bankrupt. It’s not an optional thing. It’s essential.”
Musk defended his controversial “what did you do last week?” email to millions of federal employees, calling it a “pulse check” to see if they were doing anything useful.
The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he now hopes to cut $1 trillion in government spending, a figure that represents a significant backtracking from the $2 trillion in cuts he vowed to make while campaigning for Trump’s election in the fall.
Trump heaped praise on Musk and backed his effort to root out what they call fraud and waste, and suggested employees who don’t respond could be fired soon.
“They’re on the bubble,” Trump said.
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