The overall goal here with the DOGE team is to help address the enormous deficit we simply cannot sustain as a country, a $2 trillion deficits, the interest rates, just the interest on the national debt now exceeds the Defense Department's spending.
Elon Musk: “The overall goal here with the DOGE team is to help address the enormous deficit we simply cannot sustain as a country…”
On the recordFebruary 25, 2025
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Musk discusses the financial challenges facing the country and the need to address the deficit.
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