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Trump hints Musk ‘Doge’ team has free rein with Pentagon next in line for cuts
The Guardian ^ | Fri 7 Feb 2025 | David Smith

Posted on 02/07/2025 9:00:27 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Donald Trump has indicated that Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) is operating without guardrails after it gained access to Americans’ private information “very easily” and as it prepares to assail the Pentagon.

The US president was speaking at a White House press conference alongside Shigeru Ishiba, the prime minister of Japan, but most of the questions focused on Musk’s sweeping mission to root out waste in the federal government, which has caused disarray in Washington.

Trump suggested that he has given the tech billionaire free rein and appeared blase about the details. Asked why Doge needs access to treasury payment systems including Americans’ social security numbers, home addresses and bank accounts, he replied: “Well, it doesn’t, but they get it very easily. We don’t have very good security in our country.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: dctears; doge; fakenews; fraudwatch; freerein; grauniad; mds; musk; pentagon; tds; trump
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1 posted on 02/07/2025 9:00:27 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh Gosh the Neocons will go insane !!

You ain’t seen nothing yet.

Pigs will squeal


2 posted on 02/07/2025 9:01:24 PM PST by RandFan
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To: MinorityRepublican
Weeeeee DOGE


3 posted on 02/07/2025 9:03:51 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m enjoying these audits but I’ll enjoy people going to jail even more. It has to happen. The American taxpayers are the victims. We demand justice.


4 posted on 02/07/2025 9:04:50 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: MinorityRepublican

All the squawk about PII is just that - a smokescreen.


5 posted on 02/07/2025 9:05:25 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

BINGO!!!

Prosecute and imprison!!!


6 posted on 02/07/2025 9:05:31 PM PST by dadgum (Trump 2024. Fight to Win or Do Not Fight at All)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“No guard rails”. Yeah...that’s why it’s so great.


7 posted on 02/07/2025 9:05:39 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: dragnet2

"Who Let The DOGE Out?"


8 posted on 02/07/2025 9:06:16 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: MinorityRepublican

The US president was speaking at a White House press conference alongside Shigeru Ishiba, the prime minister of Japan


Press conference here

Video
Donald Trump Hosts Meeting With Japan’s Prime Minister, Takes Questions From The Press
Feb 7, 2025
https://rumble.com/v6i7av4-donald-trump-hosts-meeting-with-japans-prime-minister-feb-7-2025.html


9 posted on 02/07/2025 9:07:28 PM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: kiryandil

Against what?


10 posted on 02/07/2025 9:08:09 PM PST by madison10
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To: dadgum

Every government employee who broke law should be held accountable for their own actions. They are criminal losers.


11 posted on 02/07/2025 9:08:28 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“private information ”
If the government has it, it’s never really been private.


12 posted on 02/07/2025 9:12:15 PM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: MinorityRepublican
This should result in a several hissy fits from our resident Zeepers.

The CIA's regime change fund is gone and, now, all the money wasted or laundered by the Pentagon is going to be exposed.

13 posted on 02/07/2025 9:13:14 PM PST by Kazan
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To: MinorityRepublican

Our fricken government has had little to no “guardrails” with OUR MONEY. Guardrails my arse. Go DOGE, GO.


14 posted on 02/07/2025 9:14:40 PM PST by goodnesswins (Democracy to Democrats is stealing other peoples money for their use, no matter how idiotic)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I just saw a video clip on Instagram, that Elon Musk is spending $40 MM of his own money, on Super Bowl ads, to show the level of fraud that DOGR has uncovered so far.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFyhDdmyn8I/?igsh=MWlsbThmeHpuOXpiNA


15 posted on 02/07/2025 9:16:18 PM PST by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: madison10

Against the continuing exposure of the corruption.

Meaning that the “judges” are corrupt, too.


16 posted on 02/07/2025 9:18:25 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Beave Meister

“This is what I voted for!”


17 posted on 02/07/2025 9:21:00 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: MinorityRepublican

I hope DOGE doesn’t forget Fort Knox.


18 posted on 02/07/2025 9:21:15 PM PST by Karl Spooner (My 30th year of usiing colloidal silver - when needed)
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To: RandFan

Ribfest!


19 posted on 02/07/2025 9:24:16 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why did he reveal which one next? Isn’t that give them time to accelerate shredding or deleting stuff?

I know Hegseth is there, but he cannot all monitor lower and middle levels who work under Biden appointees.


20 posted on 02/07/2025 9:32:12 PM PST by paudio (NEW MATH: 45=47)
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