U.S President, Donald Trump has praised tech billionaire Elon Musk for his eagerness in carrying out the flurry of executive orders he has issued since taking office again, portraying Musk as his enforcer-in-chief.
The two men praised one another and minimised criticism of Trump’s use of presidential powers in a joint interview.
Many of the executive orders that Trump has signed in the last three weeks have been contested in court as possibly unlawful.
Billionaire Musk, who was Trump’s top donor during his 2024 presidential campaign, was tasked with leading the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with the declared goal of rooting out “waste, fraud and abuse” in federal spending.
“One of the biggest functions of the DOGE team is just making sure that the presidential executive orders are actually carried out,” Musk said.
Trump in the interview insisted his policies — including a wholesale overhaul on federal institutions — should be implemented without delay and said Musk was instrumental in pushing them forward.
He added that Musk and the DOGE team have now become an enforcement mechanism within the federal bureaucracy to enact his administration’s agenda without anyone standing in their way — or else risk losing their jobs.
