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  • 2 years ago
Billionaire Elon Musk appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference waving a chainsaw in the air, showing openness to auditing the Federal Reserve and accusing Democrats of “treason.”
Musk, the Tesla CEO who has become perhaps President Donald Trump’s most influential adviser, spoke Thursday about his crusade to cut government spending and downsize the federal workforce with the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The entrepreneur was first announced earlier that day as a speaker, drawing huge cheers from activists gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Before his appearance, he met with Argentine President Javier Milei, who has been frequently praised by Musk and popularized the power tool while campaigning in 2023 and proposing slashing public spending.

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00:00Well, President Malay has a gift for me.
00:03Javier Malay from Argentina.
00:05You guys know who that is, right?
00:06Yeah.
00:07Yeah.
00:10Why don't we bring him out?
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00:49This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy.
00:50Chainsaw.
00:51A year ago, if someone had told you you'd be at CPAC and working with the President
00:52to absolutely shred the government, the Swamp, whatever you want to call it, would you have
00:53ever believed that?
00:54No.
00:55No?
00:56Me neither.
00:57But it's cool, this is awesome, and I just want to say, you know, thanks for your support.
01:05I mean, you guys are, you know, so, I mean, you know, we're trying to get good things
01:16done but also, like, you know, have a good time doing it and, you know, and have like
01:22a sense of humor, you know?
01:23Oh, yeah, yeah.
01:25To end this war.
01:26To say, like, you know, I'm a bought asset of Putin, I'm like, he can't afford me.
01:32Yeah, I think you're worth more than Russia.
01:35Think about it.

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