Musk claimed that the two spoke daily and had frequent conversations about where the South African-born billionaire should concentrate his efforts within the government.
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk have defended the slashing of federal
00:06government programs and employees under Musk's DOJ program.
00:11In a rare question-and-answer session between Musk and reporters on Tuesday, Elon Musk insisted
00:16he was not orchestrating a hostile takeover of government.
00:22Transparency is what builds trust, not simply somebody asserting trust, not somebody saying
00:27they're trustworthy, but transparency, so you can see everything that's going on.
00:31And you can see, am I doing something that benefits one of my companies or not?
00:34It's totally obvious.
00:35And if we thought that, we would not let him do that segment or look in that area.
00:41If we thought there was a lack of transparency or a conflict of interest, and we watch that
00:47also.
00:48He's a big businessman.
00:49He's a successful guy.
00:51That's why we want him doing this.
00:52We don't want an unsuccessful guy doing this.
00:57Trump and Musk are pushing federal workers to resign in return for financial incentives,
01:02although their plan is currently on hold while a judge reviews its legality.