Donald Trump has indicated that Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (DOGE) will soon direct its attention on the Pentagon. Speaking at a White House press conference alongside Shigeru Ishiba, the prime minister of Japan, Trump confirmed that he had asked Musk – the world’s richest man – to review spending in the sprawling defense department, which has a proposed budget for 2025 of $850 billion.
“I’ve instructed him to go check out education, to check out the Pentagon, which is the military,” Trump said. “And you know, sadly, you’ll find some things that are pretty bad.”