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(NewsNation) — Bill O'Reilly tells NewsNation helium doesn't fearfulness immoderate uprising led by Elon Musk, arsenic helium believes the Tesla billionaire doesn't really "have immoderate power" successful the administration.
"I'm not disquieted that he's going to bash a coup d'état," O'Reilly said. "I'm not disquieted due to the fact that helium doesn't person immoderate power. He can't subpoena anybody. He's conscionable is an adviser."
"He presents to Trump," O'Reilly added. "Trump does what helium wants."
Department of Government Efficiency, oregon DOGE, has been progressive since President Donald Trump took bureau and signed an enforcement bid creating the enactment conscionable much than 2 weeks ago. After Musk vowed to cut $2 trillion from national authorities spending, the tech billionaire has travel nether occurrence from Democrats questioning Musk’s authorization to act.
Its investigations — astir notably into the U.S. Agency for International Development — person drawn ire from protestors and politicians alike who fearfulness helium has excessively overmuch power and powerfulness for an unelected official.
"Think this is conscionable a hyped-up story. Doesn't mean precise much. I'm blessed if Elon Musk uncovers wasteful spending," O'Reilly said.
Elon Musk's relation
DOGE has been arguable from the start. Though it is not an bureau oregon a Cabinet-level position, it has been treated similarly.
Because it is not an agency, Musk has not had to spell done a Senate confirmation proceeding that would typically beryllium required for idiosyncratic astatine that level of power.
The White House has classified Musk arsenic a peculiar authorities worker with a constricted contract, which means helium is exempt from definite regulations regarding fiscal disclosure and transparency.
NewsNation's Steph Whiteside and Jeff Arnold contributed to this report.
