US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk Have in one joint interview Mutual with compliments and criticism of their radical reduction actions. “I wanted to find someone, the wiser is as he. I was looking for everywhere. (…) I couldn’t find anyone who was wiser,” said Trump about Musk in a conversation with Fox news moderator Sean Hannity.
Musk commented on Trump similarly: “I spent a lot of time with the president, and not once I saw him doing something that was mean or cruel or wrong.”
FOX news presenter Hannity raves about Trump
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 had repeated Admiration for Trump look through. “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 gilt als Trumps House and courtyard broadcaster There 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 has been driving the Conversion of the state apparatus forward. He entrusted Musk with the lowering of government expenditure and created the committee Doge (“Department of Government Efficiency”) – with unclear powers. Musk defended his approach and compared the criticism of his radical austerity measures and terminations with a “daily proctological examination”.
Musk: bureaucracy opposes the president
“There is one huge German bureaucracywho relentlessly opposes the president and the cabinet, “said Musk. Trump also said pejorative about government officials and spoke with regard to their work of fraud.
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 – for example for its space company SpaceX.