Musk says he can cut $2 trillion from budget at Trump rally

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Harris has proposed expanding Medicare to cover home care services, an olive branch to seniors and the so-called sandwich generation juggling caring for elders and children.
46% : "Trump has said he would ask Musk, the world's richest person and a major donor to the Republican nominee's campaign, to head up an effort to cut government spending, nicknamed the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a reference to a cryptocurrency Musk has embraced.
41% : "They add so much to our country and are never spoken of, ever, ever, ever, but they're going to be spoken of now," Trump said of family caregivers at the packed arena that has a 20,000 person capacity.
40% : "Your money is being wasted," Musk said Sunday at a rally for Trump in New York's Madison Square Garden.
39% : In addition to his donations, he's appeared on stage with Trump and held his own campaign rallies without the former president.
36% : In an interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait earlier this month, Trump said, without evidence, that the totality of his economic platform would outpace the cost to taxpayers.
35% : Musk responded, "Well, I think we can do at least $2 trillion, yeah."Trump on the campaign trail has talked about reducing the federal debt, but has not detailed specific programs he would curb.
31% : Musk has spent at least $132 million to elect Trump and other Republicans in 2024, federal filings show.

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