In a joint interview, US President Donald Trump and Tech billionaire Elon Musk referred each other with compliments and rejected criticism of their radical reduction campaigns.
“I wanted to find someone who is smarter than him. I was looking for everywhere. (…) I couldn’t find anyone who was a wiser, right “said Trump about Musk in the conversation that broadcast from the broadcaster Fox News became.
Musk was similarly positive about Trump. “I spent a lot of time with the president, and not once I saw him doing something that was mean or cruel or wrong”found Musk.
Fox moderator Sean Hannity presented in the interview recorded in the White House as well as during his last conversation with Trump Almost no critical questions. Instead, he repeatedly let admiration for Trump see through.
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“I have known him for 30 years and I have never seen someone who had to take as much as he did,” said the 63 -year -old moderator.
Trump and Musk sat side by side on chairs – the interview had something of a nice chat than a serious journalistic examination of Musks and Trump’s plans.
Fox News is considered Trump’s house and court broadcaster, where the Republican rarely has to expect criticism. At the same time, the Republican accused other media in the interview with Hannity. Musk and Trump emphasized that the media would not manage to drive a wedge between them.
Trump and Musk betting against civil servant
Trump has been forwarding the state apparatus since taking office. He entrusted Musk with the lowering of government expenditure and created the committee Doge (“Department of Government Efficiency”) – with unclear powers.
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Musk defended his approach and compared the criticism of his radical austerity measures and terminations with a “daily proctological examination”.
“There is a huge German bureaucracy that relentlessly opposes the president and the cabinet,” said Musk. Trump also commented about government officials and spoke of fraud with a view to her work.
At the same time, Musk explained: “If the will of the President is not implemented – and the president represents the will of the people – this means that the will of the people is not implemented, and that means that we do not live in a democracy, but in one Bureaucracy.”
This statement is greatly simplified and, for example, ignores the separation of powers. In addition, the US President does not only represent the will of the people. The Congress, unlike the President, also represents the will of the citizens directly by the people.
Trump assured that Musk would last for Doge in the event of a conflict of interest. The Republican left open exactly how this should look and who should ensure this.
The tech billionaire benefits from various government orders. His vehicle company Tesla should receive a major order from the US State Department. His space company SpaceX has already received several billion dollars from the government.