Source: Trump says he’d create government efficiency commission led by Elon Musk | AP News
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government, an idea suggested by billionaire Elon Musk, who would lead it.
The commission is the latest attention-grabbing alliance between Trump and Musk, who leads companies including Tesla and SpaceX and has become an increasingly vocal supporter of Trump’s bid to return to the White House.
The Republican presidential nominee claimed that in 2022, “fraud and improper payments alone cost taxpayers an estimated hundreds of billions of dollars.” He said the commission would recommend “drastic reforms” and develop a plan to eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months, which he said would save trillions of dollars.
“We need to do it,” Trump said. “Can’t go on the way we are now.”
Trump also promised to cut 10 government regulations for every new regulation implemented if he’s elected in November.
“I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises,” Musk wrote on X, the social media platform he owns. “No pay, no title, no recognition is needed.”
前总统唐纳德·特朗普周四表示，他将成立一个政府效率委员会来审计整个联邦政府，这一想法是由亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克提出的，他将领导该委员会。 该委员会是特朗普和马斯克之间最新的引人注目的联盟，马斯克领导着特斯拉和 SpaceX 等公司，并且越来越公开地支持特朗普重返白宫。 这位共和党总统候选人声称，在 2022 年，“仅欺诈和不当付款就使纳税人损失了估计数千亿美元。”他表示，该委员会将建议“彻底改革”，并制定一项计划，在六个月内消除欺诈和不当付款，他表示这将节省数万亿美元。 特朗普说，“我们需要这样做。 不能再像现在这样走下去了。” 特朗普还承诺，如果他在 11 月当选，每实施一项新法规，就会削减 10 项政府法规。 马斯克在他拥有的社交媒体平台 X 上写道，“如果有机会，我期待为美国服务。没有报酬，没有头衔，不需要认可。”。
