Musk admits inaccuracies in speech amid gov't collaborations
Elon Musk surprised the public once again. On Tuesday, in the Oval Office, during the signing of an executive order by Donald Trump that mandates all federal agencies to cooperate with Musk's team, he admitted, while answering journalists' questions, that "some of the things that I say will be incorrect."
The text of the U.S. president's executive order regarding cooperation between government agencies and DOGE, Musk's team aimed at reducing costs and cutting employment, is not disclosed. However, it is known that this activity will involve plans for "large-scale" employee reductions and limiting hiring to "essential" positions only.
Musk, whose companies now have multi-billion-dollar contracts with government agencies, primarily with the Pentagon, deflected journalists' questions about the controversial actions of his DOGE team. He did not want to specify whether a conflict of interest could occur.
Elon Musk's astonishing words. "Some of the things that I say will be incorrect"
He merely stated that because DOGE reports its activities on its website, it provides full transparency. "Well, all of our actions are fully public. So, if you see anything you say like, wait a second, hey, you know what that does? That seems like maybe that's, you know, that there's a conflict there," said the billionaire.
He also made some puzzling statements. The remark came when journalists asked about the issue of his propagated example of spending 50 million dollars "for condoms to Hamas" by the agency USAID.
In reality, however, the issue was about expenses for transportation to the Gaza province in Mozambique. It concerned the fight against AIDS. "Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected," answered billionaire Elon Musk.
