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Elon Musk: “We do need to move quickly if we are to achieve a trillion…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Discussion on Government Efficiency and Budget Balancing with President Trump and Elon Musk

Published | Video Starts at 05:46

So, for example, with usaid, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola. Ebola prevention. I think we all want Ebola prevention, so we restored the Ebola prevention immediately, and there was no interruption. But We do need to move quickly if we are to achieve a trillion dollar deficit reduction in financial year 2026. It requires saving $4 billion per day, every day from now through the end of September. But we can do it, and we will do it. Thank you. (05:46–05:56)

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Asserts the necessity of rapid action to achieve a $1 trillion deficit reduction by 2026.

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