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Former President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he’d consider giving billionaire Elon Musk a role slashing the federal government if he returns to the White House next year.Musk, one of Trump’s biggest financial backers, has said that he would subtract trillions from federal spending — and said the cuts would result in “some temporary hardship” for the country.in a Tuesday interview, Trump said there were “a lot of roles” Musk could take in a new U.S.
“We have to reduce spending to live within our means. And that necessarily involves some temporary hardship, but it will ensure long-term prosperity,” Musk said last week in a virtual town hall event Of course, the White House doesn’t control spending — Congress does — and not even most Republican lawmakers would agree to such drastic cuts.
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