Trump defends Musk and says Doge will look at military spending

The president dismissed conflict-of-interest concerns and promised more cuts 'maybe in 24 hours'.

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"He's not gaining anything. In fact, I wonder how he can devote the time to it," Trump said Sunday.

Democrats have accused Musk of personally benefiting from some of the changes that the Trump administration is trying to push through, such as the proposed closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Trump said Musk's unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) would soon examine spending in the military and the Department of Education, possibly in the next "24 hours".

"Let's check the military," he said. "We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse, and the people elected me on that."

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