President Trump slammed congressional Democrats Friday for making an attempt to barge into the Division of Training – the place he assigned his staff of Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) cost-cutters to go in and “check the books.”
“The Democrats have lost their minds, and they’ve lost their confidence,” Trump stated in remarks to Senate Republicans at his Mar-a-Lago property, after highlighting huge GOP Senate election victories final November.
“They looked foolish today. They tried to break into the Department of Education just because we want to go in and check the books,” the president continued, referring to the fracas exterior the DOE and his newest directive to DOGE, led by Elon Musk.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) shouted “get out the way!” as a person who recognized himself as a “federal employee” blocked a handful of Home Democrats from storming into the DOE constructing earlier Friday.
The lawmakers had demanded a gathering with the division’s performing secretary Denise Carter amid experiences Trump is looking for to dismantle the company.
“Maxine Waters is a lunatic,” Trump stated. “They are all lunatics. It’s so sad to see.”
The president informed senators that after Musk’s staff uncovered the “horrible things” that the US Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) was “spending money” on, he directed the DOGE chief to look into the Division of Training subsequent.
Trump stated he expects DOGE to seek out “similar” spending patterns at DOE and hopes the government-wide spending cuts will quickly enable lawmakers to cross a balanced finances.
“Why don’t we balance the budget? Why should we wait 10 or 15 or 20 years to balance it?” Trump argued.
“We can have big cuts that don’t affect anybody – waste, fraud and abuse. And we’re finding it now.”
Trump went on to reward Musk’s staff at DOGE, noting that the billionaire tech titan acquired began “with a group of 25 super geniuses” with “182 IQs.”
“That’s what we need,” Trump stated of Musk’s cost-cutting foot troopers.
In his remarks, the president additionally touted the “unity” he’s seen within the Republican Occasion and predicted the GOP is “gonna do well for a long time” in opposition to Democrats, together with within the 2026 midterm elections.
“Open borders are never going to sell. Men playing in women’s sports, transgender for everybody, it’s never going to sell. And they haven’t changed,” Trump stated of the present state of the Democratic Occasion.
The president additionally claimed that he had raised $500 million since defeating Kamala Harris on Election Day and that GOP donors have been clamoring to get contained in the room the place he was assembly senators at his Palm Seaside, Fla., membership.
