As Musk tries to slash trillions from federal spending, Trump publicly states desire for more military money ‘We want to raise defense spending.
However, on Tuesday, newly confirmed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth played down concerns over a pending audit by Musk and, like, Trump hoped for an increase in military spending.
Donald Trump has said he wants to raise the amount spent on the U.S. military, even as “First Buddy” Elon Musk continues his crusade to slash federal spending by trillions of dollars.
Trump added that he may place less emphasis on military budgets in the future, saying he plans to talk to Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin about curbing defense spending.
However, on Tuesday, Trump handed the world’s wealthiest man even more power to reshape the federal government by signing an executive order requiring agencies to cooperate with DOGE by slashing their workforces and limiting the hiring of replacements.
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