Issues want to get attention-grabbing at present as President Trump vows to choose up Washington by the collar and shake them round slightly bit.
The President is about to publicly disclose the names of people and organizations he alleges have benefited from large authorities waste and fraud, as uncovered by DOGE.
The President contends that Elon Musk and his Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) have already found “great fraud” simply weeks into his administration. We’ve seen several examples already.
And he’s about to again that up with receipts. Trump additionally took a hilarious jab at a reporter who questioned his claims.
“What we’re going to do is tomorrow [Thursday], I’m having a information convention,” stated Trump.
“I’m going to learn to you a few of the names that a whole bunch of tens of millions and even billions of {dollars} have been given to, and for those who inform me that we must be giving cash to these issues, these entities, I feel you’ll most likely have to depart as a reporter since you’re not very proficient.”
🚨‼️JUST IN: President Trump commends Elon, broadcasts a information convention set for TOMORROW —
— will learn checklist of names of recipients of waste, fraud and abuse.
“I will learn to you a few of the names that a whole bunch of tens of millions and even billions of {dollars} have been given to.”… pic.twitter.com/6QzXTAPFtA
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 12, 2025
Trump About To Unleash Listing Of Fraud
President Trump delivering the fraud receipts to a media that usually fails to ship their very own is a factor of magnificence. The forthcoming press convention goals to name out what he describes as billions of {dollars} in questionable federal spending, spotlighting the recipients of this largesse.
Nevertheless, in actuality, fraud and waste are extra possible within the trillions at this level. Contemplate the federal authorities spent $6.75 trillion final 12 months.
“Whenever you take a look at the sort of cash, billions and billions of {dollars} being thrown away illegally, and there’s no there’s no probability, I imply I say in entrance of our legal professional basic [Pam Bondi], there’s no probability that there’s not kickbacks or one thing happening,” Trump stated.
“The largest factor is what they do to our nation, they’re taking large quantities of cash and spending it on objects. I went via a listing of 200 expenditures that had been made, and I discovered three that appeared like they had been affordable,” he added. “Okay, three.”
“And we’ll be speaking about that tomorrow.”
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Praises Elon’s Efforts
Throughout the identical interplay with a reporter, President Trump praised Elon Musk’s efforts even because the media tried—ineffectively—to drive a wedge between them.
Musk’s objectives for the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) have been fairly easy. He goals to deal with wasteful spending and get rid of pointless rules.
Trump is on board with that, regardless of what number of instances the left calls him “President Musk” in an try and rock the boat.
🚨President Trump on Elon Musk:
“I wish to commend Elon Musk as a result of he is completed a unbelievable job. He discovered extra issues than anyone may discover. He is bought the credibility to do it. It is his group of individuals, they began off with 12, went to 20-25 and now virtually 100 individuals.” pic.twitter.com/yF9cakJytN
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) February 12, 2025
“We’ve got a number of stuff, and I wish to commend Elon as a result of he’s completed a unbelievable job,” the President stated.
“He doesn’t want this, you recognize. He’s abused by you individuals daily. He’s discovered extra issues than anyone may discover. I feel he’s bought the credibility to do it. I do know he does.”
Trump and Musk teaming as much as identify names are essential for accountability, particularly in gentle of the administration’s latest successes in figuring out wasteful spending throughout numerous departments like USAID, the Schooling Division, and FEMA.
