The president of the United States, Donald Trump, thanked ELON Musk’s work on Tuesday at the head of the controversial Government Efficiency Department (Doge), responsible for applying cuts in the federal government, and described as an incredible type to the technological tycoon, who announced that, as of May, it will take a step to the side to focus on its companies.
He is a great person and has helped us a lot. You know: it has saved us 150,000 million dollars in waste, fraud and abuse with doge. So we want to thank you. He is an incredible guy, said the Republican about Musk on a rally to celebrate the first 100 days of his second term.
Trump also stressed that it is a shame that they have done to him, in reference to the criticisms that Musk has already received the attacks perpetrated against cars and concessionaires of his Electric automotive company Tesla.
He is an incredible guy, a great American, loves our country, loves you and has paid a high price to help, but I have the feeling that he will end up being good for him, he explained to about 2,000 of his followers in an auditorium of the Macomb County, to the northeast of Detroit.
Trump also praised the operations of the Musk Aerospace Company, Spacex, to which his government has granted millionaire contracts, when recovering his Falcon rockets or the Starship drivers, the largest space vehicle ever launched and with which the technological tycoon has said he wants to boost the colonization of the planet Mars.
His words also arrive a week after Musk announced that, as of May, he will dedicate less time to Doge and more to his companies. The businessman made the announcement in a call with Tesla shareholders to detail the quarterly results of the firm, whose net benefit collapsed 71% between January and March, after a fall in the sales of their electric cars that analysts attribute, in part, to the loss of popularity of Musk and the loss of confidence of investors.