Elon Musk and Trump discuss creating 'government efficiency commission' to cut down on spending

Former President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk on Monday night discussed the creation of a "government efficiency commission" that would cut down on wasteful government spending.

Musk endorsed the former president shortly after Trump was shot during a Pennsylvania rally last month, and previously said he trusts Trump more than the Democrats on issues like the border and the economy. 

The Tesla founder and CEO claimed the economy and the national debt is one of the biggest facing Americans, and that there should be a commission that looks at how to reduce government spending.

"Inflation is caused by government spending, would you agree that we need to take a look at government spending and have perhaps a government efficiency commission that that just tries to make the spending sensible, and so the country lives within its means just like a person?" Musk asked Trump.

Trump agreed that the government needs to reduce its spending, and reflected on how he got the price for Air Force One reduced by over a billion dollars by simply refusing to pay the price he was initially given.

The pair noted how the country is adding trillions of dollars to the national debt through wasteful spending, and that the country's interest payments are now greater than the defense budget. Trump also noted that energy prices are currently high under the Biden administration and claimed he would bring them back down through drilling if elected in November.

"I think it would be great to just have a government efficiency that takes a look at these things and and just ensures that the taxpayer money, the taxpayers' ... hard earned money, is spent in a good way," Musk said. "And I'd be happy to help out on such a commission."

"Well you're the greatest cutter," Trump responded. "Look at what you do. You walk in, you want to quit the name of the company, but they go on strike. And you say, 'that's okay. You're all gone. So every one of you is gone.' You are the greatest. You would be very good."

The conversation occurred after the meeting got off to a rocky start when a large Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack blocked many users from accessing the X space where the discussion was taking place. 

Musk promised to post the entire conversation online immediately after it finished.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.