Elon Musk has denied claims that he’s main a “hostile takeover” of the US authorities, throughout a rare joint press convention held with President Trump on the White Home.
Musk, the billionaire expertise entrepreneur, mounted a defence of his work main the newly shaped Division of Authorities Effectivity (Doge), taking questions from the US media for the primary time since Trump’s inauguration.
“The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” he stated, carrying a black Make America Nice Once more cap. “That’s what democracy is all about.”
Musk’s son was by his facet throughout the press convention
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Musk, who was appointed by Trump to guide the cost-cutting division reasonably than being elected for the position, described the “unelected” paperwork as subverting the “will of the people”.
