Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is right in his criticism of American defence spending. The senator, who aligns with the Democrats, slammed US President Joe Biden’s administration’s high defence spending. Sanders took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share his take on the matter.
“Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions,” the progressive senator said in his post. “Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defence budget full of waste and fraud. That must change,” he added.
Elon Musk is right.
The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions.
Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud.
That must change.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 1, 2024
Last month, US President-elect Donald Trump appointed Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new and temporary Department of Government Efficiency, popularly known as (DOGE). The body was formed to “slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures” and restructure federal agencies.
How it started
During an interview with CNN on Monday, Democratic Representative Ro Khanna suggested that his party could work with Musk’s DOGE to reduce the defence spending. The California Democrat went on to slam the government over “waste, fraud and abuse” of the defence budget.
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