During an unusual Oval Office press conference with President Trump, Elon Musk discussed his company DOGE and addressed repeated inquiries regarding conflicts of interest due to his firms holding significant government contracts. Critics are wary of his influence as an unelected official. The Trump administration supports Musk's self-policing approach, while Musk highlighted DOGE's commitment to transparency through public postings on their official platforms. He clarified that accountability mechanisms are linked to ensuring proper categorization and explanations of taxpayer fund expenditures, asserting that the system should prevent conflicts of interest in practice.
Well, we actually are trying to be as transparent as possible. In fact, our actions we post our actions to the DOGE handle, uh, on X and to the DOGE website.
These, these are not individual judgment decisions. These are about simply having sensible checks and balances in the system itself to ensure that taxpayer money is spent well.
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