New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) signaled during an interview over the weekend that he was hopeful that Elon Musk could be the “catalyst” needed for elected U.S. leaders to finally confront the out of control spending in Washington, D.C.
Sununu made the remarks during a Sunday CNN interview on “State of the Union” with Dana Bash when asked about how Musk can make the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effectuate real change.
“Elon, I think, is very unique, in that he’s an engineer. I’m obviously very partial to engineers,” he said. “He’s always looking for efficiency in redesigning a system. You have to know how the system works, right, otherwise, you’re just going to be a lot of talk and nothing’s going to move on the Hill.”
“So he’s got to build a team around him that understands what can be done with executive order, what can be done on the Hill,” he continued. “And it’s about structural. If you just say, we’re going to cut a program here and cut a program there and find efficiency in defense, that’s fine, but it’s fleeting. What they want to do in their opportunity with the political momentum of this election is to build something lasting with a balanced budget amendment.”
Sununu said that he has confidence in how Trump will govern during his second term in office because he has surrounded himself with “a little more professional of a team” which he said included Musk.
He said that one of the things that he likes about Musk being an a highly successful outsider with an engineering background was that he was “not a wild politician and not looking for anything out of the game.”
“The guy’s worth $450 billion as of today and this month. So I don’t think he’s doing it for the money,” Sununu said. “He’s doing it for the bigger project and the bigger vision of America. He doesn’t need the dollars. He really doesn’t. So it’s not about, oh, if I get involved in this, I will get another little contract here or there. That’s nothing to him.”
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Outgoing GOP @GovChrisSununu tells @DanaBashCNN that Americans “want a little bit of disruption” in Washington and that Elon Musk could be the “catalyst” to make that happen. pic.twitter.com/1mEZAPEYaB
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) December 29, 2024
