Bernie Sanders turns heads with help for Donald Trump’s DOGE, ‘Elon Musk is true’

“The Pentagon, with a finances of $886 billion, simply failed its seventh audit in a row. It’s misplaced observe of billions,” the 83-year-old Vermont senator wrote on X. “Last 12 months, solely 13 senators voted towards the Military Industrial Complex and a protection finances filled with waste and fraud. That should change.”

Shortly after successful the election, Trump introduced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would function the co-heads of DOGE till it concludes its work by July 4, 2026. DOGE is an outdoor organisation – and never a authorities division – that’s set to coordinate with the White House and Office of Management and Budget to root out waste.

‘Welcome residence, Bernie’

Notably, Sanders has lengthy criticised the US defence spending. He beforehand panned it as “bloated and wasteful,” and in addition referred to as for extra sources towards social spending.

Musk replied to Sanders’ publish with a number of American flag emojis. His America tremendous PAC wrote in response, “Sensible spending is just not a partisan subject. The common public helps @DOGE holding authorities accountable to spend taxpayer cash extra properly.”

“Welcome residence, Bernie,” former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) commented on Sanders’ publish. Collin Rugg, co-owner of Trending Politics, wrote, “Glad you realized Elon Musk is just not the issue. The downside is the federal authorities which has wasted and misplaced trillions of {dollars} of taxpayer cash.”

“Bernie Sanders simply went MAGA,” one person commented, whereas one other wrote, “Welcome to Team Reality.” “Bernie Sanders stated Elon Musk was proper…The tide has turned… and Democrats are waking up,” wrote one person. Another wrote, “When the most important billionaire hater can agree with the world’s wealthiest one who is a part of the Trump administration on the will to scrub up the federal government, you recognize we’re on the best path.”