President Donald Trump launched the idea on Wednesday to return some of the savings recovered by Elon Musk Government Department of Effectiveness to American citizens, with an equal amount that will reimburse Federal debt.
“There is even in consideration a new concept where we give 20% of Savings Doge to American citizens, and 20% go to reimbursement, because the figures are incredible,” said Trump.
Trump made these remarks at an event in Miami Beach, Florida, a day after Musk indicated on x That he would question Trump on a “Dogende Dogende”, describes as a tax reimbursement check from the efforts of the Trump administration to dismantle parties of the federal government.
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Musk was at the event, sitting near the Chief of the White House Staff, Susie Wiles, the national security advisor Mike Waltz and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Trump seemed to confirm to journalists on the Air Force One that the idea of ”20%dividend” came from Musk.
“I love it,” said Trump on Wednesday evening when he was asked about the proposal, that a journalist called Musk’s proposal. “A 20%dividend, so to speak, for the money we save by going after waste, fraud and abuses and all the other things that happen. I think it’s a great idea.”
Trump suggested in his remarks earlier in the evening that the proposal to pay the Medicines to American citizens could give people to report the “waste” by themselves.
“In doing so, the Americans will tell us where there is waste. They will report it themselves. They participate in the money economy process, “he said.
Trump has provided no details on how such a plan would materialize or what the remaining 60% of the Doges would be used.
A DOGE spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
We do not know exactly how much DOGE has eliminated or recovered, despite persistent wishes for transparency, especially by Musk.
Doge says on his website that he saved $ 55 billion, pointing to drastic cuts at the US Agency for International Development, the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Office.
But some of Musk’s claims on Doge’s work have not resisted under control. DOGE said on Monday that he had recovered 8 billion dollars in a contract canceled at the Ministry of Internal Security. A more in -depth analysis revealed that the figure was $ 8 million.
Musk recognized that his team will make mistakes.
“We will make mistakes, but we will act quickly to correct the mistakes,” he said at a press conference at the White House this month.
Musk initially said that Doge would find 2 billions of dollars in savings, but he remote on this figure last month.