Trump defends Elon Musk, slams USAID spending
In an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump was asked about a federal judge blocking Elon Musk and his DOGE team from gaining access to the Treasury Department's payment and data systems, saying there was a risk of irreparable harm.
Asked what he made of that, Trump said he disagreed with the decision.
"I disagree with it 100% -- I think it's crazy. And we have to solve the efficiency problem. We have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse, all the things that have gone into the government," he said without offering evidence.
Trump then evoked USAID, saying there's waste in the organization.
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"You take a look at the USAID, the kind of fraud in there? We're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars of money that's going to places where it shouldn't be going where, if I read a list, you'd say, this is ridiculous, and you've read the same lists, and there are many that you haven't even seen. It's crazy. It's a big scam."
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie