President Donald Trump celebrated his whirlwind first 4 weeks again within the Oval Workplace in a speech earlier than the Conservative Political Motion Convention Saturday afternoon, mentioning what he known as “flagrant scams” uncovered by Elon Musk and the Division of Authorities Effectivity.
“I signed an order creating the Division of Authorities Effectivity — you most likely have not heard of it — which is now waging conflict on authorities waste, fraud and abuse. And Elon is doing an awesome job,” Trump mentioned on the Gaylord Nationwide Resort & Conference Heart Saturday in Oxon Hill, Maryland, simply exterior the nation’s capital. “He is doing an awesome job.”
Musk is main DOGE as investigators scrutinize numerous federal businesses in an effort to curb authorities overspending and stamp out fraud. DOGE’s work has develop into a lightening rod for criticism amongst Democratic lawmakers and authorities staff, who’ve filed a lot of lawsuits making an attempt to finish the investigations and audits.
“Listed below are among the flagrant scams that, for instance, they’ve spent cash on, and we have been in a position to recapture a big dose of it at the least. 5 hundred and 20 million {dollars} for a guide … [on] environmental, social governance and investments in Africa,” he mentioned.
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President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Motion Convention annual assembly in Nationwide Harbor, Md., Feb. 22, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
“Twenty-five million {dollars} to advertise biodiversity conservation and socially accountable habits in Colombia. That is Colombia, South America, not Columbia College. After all, that may be worse. … Forty million to enhance the social and financial inclusion of sedentary migrants.
“Forty-two million for social and habits change in Uganda. Ten million for Mozambique medical male circumcisions. Why are we going to Mozambique to do circumcisions?” Trump requested, earlier than persevering with to rattle off a handful of different expensive initiatives funded by taxpayers uncovered by DOGE.
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Elon Musk speaks throughout an occasion within the Oval Workplace with President Donald Trump on the White Home Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photos/Alex Brandon)
CPAC is an annual convention of conservative lawmakers, leaders and voters, which kicked off on Wednesday and wraps up Saturday after Trump’s speech.
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Earlier within the day, Trump despatched a message on his Fact Social platform calling on Musk to “get extra aggressive” along with his DOGE work.
“Will do, Mr. President!” Musk responded just some hours forward of Trump’s CPAC speech.
Musk later added on X, “In step with President @realDonaldTrump’s directions, all federal staff will shortly obtain an e-mail requesting to grasp what they obtained carried out final week. Failure to reply might be taken as a resignation.”
“Now we have a really corrupt group of individuals on this nation, and we’re discovering them out,” Trump mentioned throughout his speech. “We’re eradicating all the pointless, incompetent and corrupt bureaucrats from the federal workforce.”
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Trump mentioned he and Musk will head to Fort Knox in Kentucky to make sure the USA Bullion Depository nonetheless homes a reported $425 billion in authorities gold. The Trump administration and Republican allies have known as for extra transparency concerning the vault.
President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Motion Convention annual assembly in Nationwide Harbor, Md., Feb. 22, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the vault in 1943, which was adopted by Treasury Secretary William Simon opening the vault to journalists and lawmakers in 1974 and once more in the course of the first Trump administration when Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and lawmakers, together with Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, inspected the vault.
“We’re additionally going to Fort Knox. I will go together with Elon. And would anyone like to affix us? As a result of we wish to see if the gold continues to be there. We wish to see,” Trump mentioned.
Fort Knox in Kentucky (Getty Photos)
“Would not that be horrible? We open [it] up, and this Fort Knox has obtained nothing. It is simply strong granite that is 5 toes thick. The entrance door, you want six musclemen to open it up. I do not even suppose they’ve home windows. Would not that be horrible if we opened it up and there was no gold there? So, we will open these doorways, we’re going to have a look. And if there’s 27 tons of gold, we’ll be very completely happy,” he added.
“I do not know the way the hell we’ll measure it, however that is OK.”
President Donald Trump attends the Conservative Political Motion Convention annual assembly in Nationwide Harbor, Md., Feb. 22, 2025. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
Trump ended his first full month again within the White Home this week, which has included a breakneck tempo of govt orders and actions.
He took a victory lap for his whirlwind first month, touting in his speech the administration’s work to finish the “weaponization” of the federal government below the previous Biden administration, his plan to quickly impose reciprocal tariffs on overseas buying and selling companions and celebrating the deportation of unlawful immigrants from communities throughout the nation.
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“We’re liberating communities like Aurora, Colorado, and Springfield, Ohio, which were occupied by unlawful alien criminals from everywhere in the world,” Trump mentioned.
“We’re rescuing the People whose jobs have been stolen, whose wages have been robbed and whose lifestyle has been completely destroyed. And, below the Trump administration, our nation is not going to be become a dumping floor.”
