President Trump and Elon Musk in the Oval Office are discussing the importance of reducing government waste and fraud. Musk argues that the current system is inefficient and unresponsive to the needs of the people. He cites examples of wasteful spending, such as payments to deceased individuals and contracts that continue long after they should have ended. Trump agrees with Musk and says that he is committed to rooting out corruption and making the government more efficient. He also says that he will not be deterred by judges who try to block his efforts.
The video does mention several examples of wasteful spending and fraud:
- Payments to deceased individuals: There are people on the Social Security rolls who are 150 years old. This is obviously impossible, and it suggests that there are a lot of payments being made to deceased individuals.
- Contracts that continue long after they should have ended: There are many contracts that continue long after they should have ended. For example, one contract was for three months, but it continued for 20 years.
- Payments to foreign entities: A lot of the fraud is not even going to Americans. It is going to foreign entities, such as terrorist organizations.
- Wasteful spending on condoms: The video mentions that $50 million worth of condoms were sent to Gaza. This is a lot of money to spend on condoms, and it is unclear why they were needed in the first place.
- Wasteful spending on other items: There are many other examples of wasteful spending, such as payments for services that were never rendered and payments for goods that were never delivered.
“We’re going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse and, you know, the people elected me on that,” Trump said
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