Sen. Johnson: ‘Elon Musk Is the Perfect Person’ to Get Inside the Military Industrial Complex

DeANGELIS Meantime let s ░░░░░░░░ gears because you mentioned ░░░░░░░░ before but I want ░░░░░░░░ talk about DOGE scoring ░░░░░░░░ major legal victories after ░░░░░░░░ district judges denied restraining ░░░░░░░░ that would keep DOGE ░░░░░░░░ accessing federal database and ░░░░░░░░ these mass layoffs and ░░░░░░░░ spending cuts are coming ░░░░░░░░ the Pentagon too ordering ░░░░░░░░ at the Pentagon to ░░░░░░░░ 8 from the defense ░░░░░░░░ in each of the ░░░░░░░░ five years Can you ░░░░░░░░ about both aspects of ░░░░░░░░ first this notion from ░░░░░░░░ Democrats that DOGE should ░░░░░░░░ blocked from even being ░░░░░░░░ to look no transparency ░░░░░░░░ also the cuts happening ░░░░░░░░ defense Johnson Well doesn ░░░░░░░░ that speak volumes when ░░░░░░░░ Democrats don t even ░░░░░░░░ to explore and uncover ░░░░░░░░ expose the waste fraud ░░░░░░░░ abuse Again 2019 we ░░░░░░░░ 4 4 trillion this ░░░░░░░░ we spent 7 3 ░░░░░░░░ DOGE quite honestly they ░░░░░░░░ just reviewing the tip ░░░░░░░░ the iceberg in terms ░░░░░░░░ the waste fraud and ░░░░░░░░ Now the trick will ░░░░░░░░ to take what DOGE ░░░░░░░░ and turn that into ░░░░░░░░ make sure that translates ░░░░░░░░ real spending reduction you ░░░░░░░░ getting back to that ░░░░░░░░ pandemic level of spending ░░░░░░░░ will not be that ░░░░░░░░ easy particularly when you ░░░░░░░░ to what the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ wailing about during our ░░░░░░░░ voterama Everything was tax ░░░░░░░░ for the wealthy Of ░░░░░░░░ there s no tax ░░░░░░░░ in there whatsoever This ░░░░░░░░ all about providing funding ░░░░░░░░ the border And we ░░░░░░░░ going to cut and ░░░░░░░░ Medicare and Medicaid and ░░░░░░░░ Security I mean it ░░░░░░░░ just they re gonna ░░░░░░░░ the same scare tactics ░░░░░░░░ they ve used for ░░░░░░░░ to literally mortgage our ░░░░░░░░ s future DeANGELIS And ░░░░░░░░ comment on DOGE in ░░░░░░░░ Pentagon Johnson Listen I ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk is the ░░░░░░░░ person to get inside ░░░░░░░░ military industrial complex look ░░░░░░░░ the efficiency he s ░░░░░░░░ to space launches to ░░░░░░░░ creation and the manufacture ░░░░░░░░ Tesla and electric vehicles ░░░░░░░░ mean the guy is ░░░░░░░░ genius He obviously knows ░░░░░░░░ to squeeze every efficiency ░░░░░░░░ of every process So ░░░░░░░░ would love to see ░░░░░░░░ take a look at ░░░░░░░░ Pentagon the military industrial ░░░░░░░░ We spend almost trillion ░░░░░░░░ on defense My guess ░░░░░░░░ a lot of that ░░░░░░░░ misspent.”