Trump is the Ministry of Treasury defending

Since billionaire Eileon Musk joined President Donald Trump to head the Ministry of Government – DOGE, different, Democrats and other critics She complained about the influence of the founder of Tesla on the federal government.

However, US Treasury Secretary Scott Payet came to the defense of Musk and Douj on Wednesday “Kodo“

“Elon Musk is the greatest entrepreneur in this generation,” said Larry Kudlo, the host of Fox Larry Kudlo in his first interview since joining the Trump administration.

“Dog will not fail. They move a lot of people’s cheese here in the capital, and when you hear this scream, some interests of the current situation are unhappy.”

What did Dog cut yet?

The Bessent defense comes after the weekend reports that the Treasury Department granted DOGE employees to access the federal government payment system. The Treasury spends about $ 6 trillion a year on federal agencies payments.

Since then, Treasury official told Congress members on Tuesday that a technology executive has been working with them Doug, he will have “access to reading only” The government’s payment system, stressing that it is committed to protecting the system after the management is given access.

The official wrote a letter in response to the legislators who were concerned about Dog’s arrival The government’s payment system For the federal government it can lead to missing or missing risks of payments for various programs, including social security and medical care.

“In the cabinet, our payment system is not touched,” Pesin said on Wednesday. “We treat 1.3 billion paid annually. There is a study that is done – you can face more accountability, more accuracy, and more section level.”

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Treasury payments are managed by its financial service office, which spends approximately 90 % of all federal payments and more than 1.2 billion transactions are conducted annually, according to its website.

While the legislators expressed their concerns Musk has a lot of strength Inside the United States government, BESSENT stressed that billionaire efforts are part of the “Trump administration” of the American people.

“The United States does not have a problem with revenue. We have a problem with spending. I think we can raise revenues, we can raise growth, and most importantly, President Trump has been elected due to the crisis of the ability to withstand costs … What is it is you will do to the crisis of ability to Hold costs?

BESSENT has argued “giant government spending”, feeding economic growth in the framework of the Biden administration, but failed to achieve “real” wage growth.

in contrast, Pesin explained How will the newly elected Trump administration deal with the ability to withstand costs by redefining the economy, reducing taxes and regulations, processing increased deficit and increasing local energy production.

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