Trump Makes Big Announcement at First Cabinet Meeting

President Donald Trump convened his first official Cabinet meeting since the start of his second term.

Elon Musk, serving as an adviser to Trump and leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), addressed the Cabinet. As he took the floor, Musk jokingly introduced himself as "tech support" and mentioned that DOGE was actively working to "fix the government computer systems."

The discussion shifted when a reporter inquired if any Cabinet members had concerns about Musk and DOGE’s objectives.

Trump turned to his team and said, "Hey Elon, let the Cabinet speak for a second. Is anyone unhappy with Elon? If you are, we’ll throw him out of here. Anyone unhappy?"

The room responded with laughter following Trump's remark.

Musk elaborated on DOGE’s mission and the challenges his team was addressing.

"A couple tech support here, because this is actually as crazy as accounts that that that is almost a little description of the world of the those team is doing is helping fix the gonna computer systems. Menu systems are extremely old; they don’t communicate their lot of mistakes and systems. Software doesn’t work so we are actually takes whole. It’s it’s it’s ironic, but it’s true," Musk explained.

He continued, "The overall goal here with the doors to is to help address the steps that we simply cannot sustain as a coterie two trillion dollar deficit. The interest rates that just the interest on the national debt now exceeds the defense department spending. We spent a lot of us problem, but we’re spending like it over a trillion dollars on interest. If this continues, the country will go to become de facto background, but an optional thing, it is the central thing that that’s best series of here and taking a lot of and getting a lot of death threats like spectrum up. But if we don’t do this, America will go bankrupt. That’s why it has to be done. Competence at this point knock on wood, like of my head."

Musk also pointed out, "Dollars in savings. That would be a roughly 15 percent of it’s for seven trillion dollar budget and see that can only be done with the support of everyone in this room like to thank the lord for a sport. Thank you very much this. This can only be done with with your sport."

He emphasized, "To support function for the present for the agencies and departments to help achieve those savings into effect, if actually find, 15 percent reduction in fraud and waste. So like was this we’ll just go to those stuck up with line. I my light on. We specify each item so. Make mistakes, we won’t be perfect, but when we make mistake, we’ll fix it very quickly."

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In another notable moment, Trump confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would visit the White House on Friday to finalize an agreement regarding natural resources and Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.

"We’re doing very well with Russia-Ukraine. President Zelensky is going to be coming on Friday. It’s now confirmed, and we’re going to be signing an agreement," Trump stated, acknowledging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

He further remarked, "We’ve been able to make a deal where we’re going to get our money back and we’re going to get a lot of money in the future, and I think that’s appropriate."

Trump expressed satisfaction with the agreement, which could enable the U.S. to secure rare earth minerals from Ukraine as part of broader discussions aimed at ending Russia’s invasion while also involving the U.S. in a fund to assist in Ukraine’s rebuilding efforts.

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