‘You Trust Him?’ Fox’s Bret Baier Confronts Trump About Elon Musk

Fox News anchor Bret Baier confronted President Donald Trump about the ever-increasing influence of Elon Musk in the U.S. government.

In a preview excerpt of an interview which will air in full during the Super Bowl pregame show Sunday on Fox, Trump fumed about what he called “fraud and abuse” in the government — and claimed Elon Musk has been helping him weed it out.

“I don’t know if it’s kickbacks or what’s going on, but … look, I ran on this and the people want me to find it,” Trump said. “And I’ve had a great help with Elon Musk, who’s been terrific.”

“Bottom line, you say you trust him?” Baier asked Trump

“Trust Elon?” Trump replied. “He’s not gaining anything. In fact, I wonder how he can devote the time to it. He’s so into it. But I told him, do that — and I’m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the Department of Education. He’s going to find the same thing. Then I’m going to go go to the military. Let’s check the military. We’re going to find billions, hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud and abuse. And, you know, the people elected me on that.”

Musk, on Saturday, had his access to the Department of Treasury’s data systems temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

Watch above, via Fox News Sunday.