‘We do find it sort of rather odd that there are quite a few people in bureaucracy who have ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth while they are in that position’
By Joe Kovacs
Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office Tuesday to discuss “mind-blowing” amounts of fraud and abuse they’re discovering through deep dives by DOGE, including people “150 years old” receiving Social Security.
“We had no idea we were going to find this much,” Trump said. “We have already found billions of dollars of abuse, incompetence, and corruption.”
“Could be close to a trillion dollars that we’re gonna find.”
Musk explained: “We do find it sort of rather odd that there are quite a few people in bureaucracy who have ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth while they are in that position, which is what happened at USAID.
“We are just curious as to where it came from. Maybe it was very good investing? In which case we should take their investment advice perhaps. But there seems to be mysteriously they get wealthy. We do not know why. Where does it come from?
“I think the reality is they are getting wealthy at taxpayers expense. That’s the honest truth of it.”
“It is mind-blowing,” Musk continued. “We are really just talking about adding common sense controls that should be present that have not been present.”
“If money is spent badly, if your taxpayer dollars are not spent in a sensible manner that is not OK. Your tax dollars need to be spent wisely on the things that matter to the people.
BREAKING: DOGE is looking into federal workers who have a high net worth despite having a low salary, according to Elon Musk.
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“We find it sort of rather odd that there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who who have a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars, but… pic.twitter.com/XnHAUnysIX
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 11, 2025
“It is really just saying let’s look at these ventures and say is this actually in the best interest of the people? If it is let’s approve it if not we should not think about it.”
“There’s crazy things,” Musk explained. “Like just a cursory examination of Social Security, we’ve got people in there that are150 years old. Now do you know anybody who’s 150? I don’t. They should be in ‘The Guinness Book of World Records.’ They are missing out.
OMG!!! It’s so bad what’s been happening to our country and your money!
Breaking: Musk says there’s people over 150-years-old collecting Social Security
“I think they’re probably dead, is my guess, or they should be very famous, one of the two.”@DOGE
pic.twitter.com/GiBijvUowu— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 11, 2025
“So that is the case like I think they are probably dead is my guess. Or they should be very famous. One of the two. And then a whole bunch of Social Security payments where there is no identifying information? Why is there not identifying information?”
Musk also said terrorists have been funded by U.S. tax dollars.
“We are talking about terrorist organizations. We are talking about known fraudsters, known aspects of waste, no things that do not match any congressional appropriation.”
Musk also said millions of dollars in fraudulent spending were discovered going to foreigners.
“If there’s going to be fraud, it should at least go to Americans,” he quipped.
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