I think Elon and Vivek are going to be doing exactly what the people expected Congress to do, but which they spectacularly failed to do, which is why government spending has been running out of control for decades now. Yes, we're at $36 trillion in debt. We have nearly a $2 trillion annual deficit. and we have got to get the spending under control. But the thing is, I have people in my own party who will stand before the Doge Commission, the Department of Government Efficiency, and they will stand before them and say, save us from ourselves. (09:27–09:34)
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Asserts that the U.S. national debt is $36 trillion and the annual deficit is nearly $2 trillion.
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