Elon Musk: “That's the number which is estimated to be on the order of…”

“… Administration loans and medical, where those are fake Social Security numbers or they've stolen somebody else's Social Security number. And we're trying to put a stop to all that. And That's the number which is estimated to be on the order of 10% of federal expenditures, which is, you know, half a trillion dollars. A huge number. Yeah. You're working with the agency heads, you're working with the Cabinet secretaries. Yes, I saw Howard Lutnick was on TV yesterday saying you were partnering with them.” (04:04–04:12)

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