Elon Musk Tesla and SpaceX gives comments when he joins the US President Donald Trump during the signing of an executive order in an oval office in the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates-the USA must “remove entire agencies” as part of costs and performance, billionaire technology and co-founder Tesla Elon Musk He said on Thursday, when he was asked if the changes he introduced under Donald Trump The administration will last outside the term of the current president.
“I think we have to remove entire agencies, unlike their parts … It's a bit like leaving a weed,” said Musk. “If you don't remove weed roots, the weed is easy to grow back. But if you remove the roots of weeds – it does not stop the weeds from returning, but it makes it difficult. “
Musk, who also founded SpaceX and is the owner of the Social Media Platform X, spoke while speaking via the video link to the audience at the annual summit of world governments in Dubai, as part of a conversation conducted by the Minister of Artificial Intelligence of the United Emirates Omar Sultan Al Olam.
“So we have to really remove all agencies, many of them,” said Musk. “And this does not mean that the new administration will not increase during bureaucracy, but it will be from a much lower base line. It is certainly a step in the right direction. “
“Nothing forever,” he added, “But I think we can fundamentally strengthen the foundations of the United States.”
Trump appointed a technology engineer and entrepreneur born in South Africa as a “special government employee” and the head of the new government or dog efficiency department under the administration. Musk proclaims loudly about his goals to improve government efficiency and limit bureaucracy and regulations, and on Thursday said that such efforts can be reduced by a federal deficit by $ 1 trillion by 2026.
Musk He took an ax to the American International Development AgencyInternational Humanitarian and Development arm of the US government, basically convincing the majority of staff and freezing its funds. Sudden changes affect millions of people around the world, especially in poorer countries.
At the beginning of February, Trump's administration stated that USAID would close as an independent agency and will be moved as part of the State Department, which would require Congress approval.