Trump Says Elon Musk Agreed To Run ‘Audit’ of Government [Video]

Former President Donald Trump announced his second term would include a “government efficiency commission” headed by Elon Musk.

During a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump laid out a number of economic proposals and one of them includes X owner Musk doing a complete “audit” of the government and recommending “drastic reforms.”

“I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms. We need to do it,” Trump said.

The former president said the commission came at the suggestion of Musk. In an August interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, Musk mentioned this same commission idea and revealed he and Trump had discussed the idea.

Musk heads up a number of businesses, including Tesla and Space X. His purchase of X, then Twitter, however, has earned plenty of criticism as the social media …