Things are looking to get interesting today as President Trump vows to pick up Washington by the collar and shake them around a little bit.
The President is set to publicly disclose the names of individuals and organizations he alleges have benefited from massive government waste and fraud, as uncovered by DOGE.
The President contends that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have already discovered “tremendous fraud” just weeks into his administration. We’ve seen several examples already.
And he’s about to back that up with receipts. Trump also took a hilarious jab at a reporter who questioned his claims.
“What we’re going to do is tomorrow [Thursday], I’m having a news conference,” said Trump.
“I’m going to read to you some of the names that hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars have been given to, and if you tell me that we should be giving money to those things, those entities, I think you’ll probably have to leave as a reporter because you’re not very talented.”
🚨‼️JUST IN: President Trump commends Elon, announces a news conference set for TOMORROW —
— will read list of names of recipients of waste, fraud and abuse.
“I’m going to read to you some of the names that hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars have been given to.”… pic.twitter.com/6QzXTAPFtA
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 12, 2025
Trump About To Unleash List Of Fraud
President Trump delivering the fraud receipts to a media that often fails to deliver their own is a thing of beauty. The forthcoming press conference aims to call out what he describes as billions of dollars in questionable federal spending, spotlighting the recipients of this largesse.
However, in reality, fraud and waste are more likely in the trillions at this point. Consider the federal government spent $6.75 trillion last year.
“When you look at the kind of money, billions and billions of dollars being thrown away illegally, and there’s no there’s no chance, I mean I say in front of our attorney general [Pam Bondi], there’s no chance that there’s not kickbacks or something going on,” Trump said.
“The biggest thing is what they do to our country, they’re taking massive amounts of money and spending it on items. I went through a list of 200 expenditures that were made, and I found three that looked like they were reasonable,” he added. “Okay, three.”
“And we’ll be talking about that tomorrow.”
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Praises Elon’s Efforts
During the same interaction with a reporter, President Trump praised Elon Musk’s efforts even as the media tried—ineffectively—to drive a wedge between them.
Musk’s goals for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been pretty straightforward. He aims to address wasteful spending and eliminate unnecessary regulations.
Trump is on board with that, no matter how many times the left calls him “President Musk” in an attempt to rock the boat.
🚨President Trump on Elon Musk:
“I want to commend Elon Musk because he’s done a fantastic job. He found more things than anybody could find. He’s got the credibility to do it. It’s his group of people, they started off with 12, went to 20-25 and now almost 100 people.” pic.twitter.com/yF9cakJytN
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) February 12, 2025
“We have a lot of stuff, and I want to commend Elon because he’s done a fantastic job,” the President said.
“He doesn’t need this, you know. He’s abused by you people every day. He’s found more things than anybody could find. I think he’s got the credibility to do it. I know he does.”
Trump and Musk teaming up to name names are necessary for accountability, especially in light of the administration’s recent successes in identifying wasteful spending across various departments like USAID, the Education Department, and FEMA.
