Elon Musk, the co-head of President-elect Trump’s new Division of Authorities Effectivity, met with incoming Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-S.D.) Thursday morning forward of conferences later within the day with Senate and Home Republicans.
Musk walked into Thune’s workplace with considered one of his kids perched atop his shoulders.
“I think we should be spending the public’s money wisely,” he instructed reporters whereas strolling by means of the Capitol’s hallways.
Musk has stated he desires to chop a minimum of $2 trillion from the federal price range, which now exceeds $6 trillion a 12 months. However any proposed cuts would doubtless face substantial opposition in Congress as nearly each federal program has a constituency that advantages from it.
Musk is anticipated to talk to members of the Senate DOGE caucus, which is headed by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), later within the day.
Ernst stated her group has already offered Musk and DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy “a lot of materials.”
Ernst stated the Trump administration will have the ability to “execute” spending reductions by means of “executive orders” and Congress would “pick up the legislative end of it.”
She envisions “a great collaboration between our caucus in the House, the Senate and DOGE.”
The founding members of the Senate DOGE caucus met with Ramaswamy within the morning and have been scheduled to satisfy with Ramaswamy and Musk Thursday afternoon.
