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Trump's government efficiency drive turns attention to defense spending

President Donald Trump expects to cut billions from the Defense Department budget, as stated during a pre-Super Bowl interview with Bret Baier of Fox News.
Trump mentioned that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will audit the Pentagon to uncover fraud and abuse, aiming to find billions.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz highlighted military shipbuilding as a key area for reform, describing it as an absolute mess.
Waltz also noted that the Pentagon faces widespread issues, stating that everything costs too much, takes too long, and delivers too little to soldiers.

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What's wrong with US shipbuilding? A top Trump advisor called it an 'absolute mess' as Musk's DOGE eyes military waste

Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is set to look into fraud and waste in US military spending.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cat CampbellPresident Trump has directed Elon Musk's DOGE to investigate wasteful Pentagon spending.White House NSA advisor Mike Waltz called US shipbuilding as "an absolute mess."Problems like ballooning costs, delays, and a hollowed industrial base are impacting shipbuilding.President D…

13 days ago·United States

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UPI

Trump's government efficiency drive turns attention to defense spending

U.S. President Donald Trump turned his sights on defense spending, saying his government efficiency tzar, Elon Musk, would cut billions lost to waste and fraud from the Pentagon's $850 billion budget.

13 days ago·Washington, United States

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The American Conservative

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Trump Promises Billions in Defense Cuts

President Donald Trump said Sunday he expects to cut billions from the Defense Department budget. Trump said that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency would soon lead an audit of the Pentagon and “find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse.” The Department of Education will be another one of Musk’s targets, Trump said. “I’m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the Department of Educa…

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Australian Financial Review

‘Absolute mess’: Musk to cut billions from defence, shipbuilding

Donald Trump said he would seek to cut billions of dollars from the Pentagon budget as the next target, while a top adviser described huge shipbuilding waste.

14 days ago·Sydney, Australia

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Financial Times

Trump vows to cut billions of dollars from US defence spending

President says ‘fraud and abuse’ at the Pentagon will be the next target of cost-cutting by Elon Musk

14 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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resumenlatinoamericano.org

Trump plans to cut billions of dollars from Defense spending - Latin American Summary

ActualidadRT, Latin American Summary, February 10, 2025. Commenting on the plan to review the Pentagon’s financial activity, the president said that its implementation will help expose “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse.” US President Donald Trump will seek to cut billions of dollars from the Department’s budget [...] The U.S. entry. Trump plans to cut billions of dollars from Defense spending was first published in Latin Americ…

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