Trump said Musk's unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) would soon examine spending in the military and the Department of Education, possibly in the next "24 hours". "Let's check the military," he said. "We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse, and the people elected me on that."

Elon Musk is using his tech and leadership playbook in a crusade against the federal bureaucracy as he and his allies attempt to gain access to sensitive information and use emerging tech to speed

President Donald Trump said he will direct Elon Musk, one his most controversial advisers, to search for waste, fraud and abuse in the Education and Defense departments. Trump said the orders could come within 24 hours of his interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier,