President Donald Trump celebrated his whirlwind the first four weeks in the Oval Office in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday afternoon, mentioning what he called “flagrant scams” discovered by Elon Musk and the government's efficiency department .
“I signed an order creating the government's efficiency department, I probably have not heard of it, which is now freeing the war against waste, fraud and government abuse. And Elon is doing a great job,” Trump said in The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on Saturday in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on the outskirts of the capital of the Nation. “It's doing a great job.”
Musk leads Doge while researchers analyze several federal agencies in an effort to curb excessive government spending and eliminate fraud. Doge's work has become a rod to lighten criticism between Democratic legislators and government employees, who have presented a series of demands that try to put an end to investigations and audits.
“These are some of the flagrant scams in which, as an example, they have spent money, and we have been able to recover a large dose at least. Five hundred 20 million dollars for a consultant … [on] Environmental, social governance and investments in Africa, “he said.
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President Donald Trump is aimed at the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in the National Port, Maryland, on February 22, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
“Twenty -five millions of dollars to promote the conservation of biodiversity and socially responsible behavior in Colombia. This is Colombia, South America, not Columbia University. Of course, that could be worse … forty million to improve social inclusion and economic of sedentary migrants.
“Forty -two million for social and behavior change in Uganda. Ten million for Mozambique's male medical circumcisions. Why are we going to Mozambique to make circumcisions?” Trump asked, before continuing to cut a handful of other expensive initiatives financed by taxpayers discovered by Doge.
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Elon Musk speaks during an event at the Oval office with President Donald Trump in the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington. (AP images/Alex Brandon)
CPAC is an annual conference of legislators, leaders and conservative voters, who began on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday after Trump's speech.
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Early in the day, Trump sent a message about his social platform of the truth that asked Musk to “become more aggressive” with his Dux work.
“I will, Mr. President!” Musk responded only a few hours before Trump's CPAC speech.
Later, Musk added in X: “According to the instructions of President @realdonaldtrump, all federal employees will receive an email that requested to understand what they did last week. The lack of response will be taken as a resignation.”
“We have a very corrupt group of people in this country, and we are discovering them,” Trump said during his speech. “We are eliminating all unnecessary, incompetent and corrupt bureaucrats of the Federal Labor Force.”
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Trump said he and Musk will go to Fort Knox in Kentucky to ensure that the US bullion deposit still houses $ 425 billion in government gold. The Trump administration and Republican allies have asked for more transparency on the vault.
President Donald Trump is aimed at the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in the National Port, Maryland, on February 22, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the vault in 1943, followed by Treasury Secretary William Simon opening the vault to journalists and legislators in 1974 and again during the first Trump administration when Treas Republican senator McConnell, inspected the vault.
“We are also Fort Knox. I'm going with Elon. And someone would like to join us? Because we want to see if gold is still there. We want to see,” Trump said.
Fort Knox in Kentucky (Getty images)
“Wouldn't that be terrible? [it] Up, and this Fort Knox has nothing. It is just a solid granite that has five feet thick. The main door, you need six muscular to open it. I don't even think they have windows. Wouldn't that be terrible if we opened it and there was no gold there? So, let's open those doors, let's take a look. And if there are 27 tons of gold, we will be very happy, “he added.
“I don't know how hell we will measure it, but it's fine.”
President Donald Trump attends the Annual Conference of Conservative Political Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 22, 2025. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
Trump finished his first full month in the White House this week, which has included a vertiginous rhythm of executive orders and actions.
He took a return of the victory for his first month whirlwind, promoting in his speech the work of the administration to end the “weapon” of the government under the old Biden administration, their plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on foreign commercial partners and celebrate The deportation of the deportation of the illegal. Immigrants from communities throughout the country.
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“We are releasing communities such as Aurora, Colorado and Springfield, Ohio, who have been occupied by illegal alien criminals around the world,” Trump said.
“We are rescuing Americans whose works have been stolen, whose salaries have been stolen and whose way of life has been absolutely destroyed. And, under the Trump administration, our country will not become a landfill.”
