President Donald Trump and Elon Musk pushed for "full transparency" to fight waste, fraud, and abuse. They spoke about it in an exclusive interview on Hannity.
"You know what's better than saying ‘trust me’? It's just full transparency," Musk told Sean Hannity. "So what we're doing with DOGE, just go to DOGE.gov. You can see every single action that's been taken."
Trump and Musk covered several topics, including DOGE and Trump's first 100 days in office. They emphasized cutting waste and streamlining government.
Trump put Musk in charge of DOGE to tear down bureaucracy. The goal? Slash regulations, cut spending, and restructure federal agencies.
"To me, it was important for people to understand he's doing a big job," Trump said. "He's doing a very thankless job. It's really a thankless job, but he's helping us to save our country. Our country is in serious trouble, and I had to get the best guy."
The media has tried to paint them as rivals. Trump shut that down. "If there's any conflict, he will stop it. But if he didn't, I'd stop it," he said.
Since Trump took office, DOGE has taken aim at bloated agencies. Targets include the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education.
Many Democrats have pushed back against DOGE's actions. Scrutiny is mounting.
Musk fired back at critics. He called it an "antibody reaction from those who are receiving the wasteful and fraudulent money."
He admitted DOGE might make mistakes. "Some mistakes" will happen, he said, but promised to fix them fast. The focus remains on fixing the nation’s finances.
"If we don't solve the deficit, there won't be money for medical care, there won't be money for Social Security," Musk warned. "We either solve the deficit or all we'll be doing is paying debt. It's got to be solved or there's no medical care, there's no Social Security, there's no nothing. It's got to be solved. It's not optional. America will go bankrupt if this is not done."
Musk painted a grim picture. "If the ship of America sinks, we're all going down with it," he said.
"This idea that people can escape to New Zealand or some other place is false," he added. "If the central pillar of Western civilization, that is America, falls, the whole roof comes crashing down, and there is no escape."
The Trump administration remains firm on balancing the budget. The goal? Achieve it by the end of Trump's second term.
Trump told Hannity the country could see a balanced budget "potentially very quickly." He pointed to DOGE cuts and revenue from tariffs.
"We could do it very quickly," Trump said. "We would have never done it if this didn't happen. Never. It would have never been—it would only get worse and worse, and ultimately, it would have exploded. This country was headed down a very bad track."