Jennings: Musk and Ramaswamy Are Not the President, Trump Said He Isn’t Cutting Social Security

PHILLIP: “Here’s also Manu chasing Elon down on Social Security. Watch — watch this.”

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RAJU: “Is Social Security and Medicare, is it off the table? Is it off the table?”
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PHILLIP: “No answers really on that. And it’s — it’s pretty important, but not — I see you shaking your head, don’t shake your head just yet, because I do think that there are — first of all, there’s a necessity to do something there, but I also think there are opportunities. I mean, there was talk about just finding out where the money is going and stopping it from going to people that it’s not supposed to go to in proper payments. I mean, there are savings that can come there, but why — I think transparency is the issue. Transparency is the issue.”
JENNINGS: “Okay, Vivek was not elected president, neither was Elon Musk. Donald Trump was. He has clearly stated from the minute he got into this race, in 2015, that he would not cut Social Security and Medicare. It has never changed. That’s number one. Number two, here’s what I heard about the meeting today: That it went great, that they were very upbeat, there was a vibe of teamwork. Elon’s kind of a visionary. But I’ll tell you, what I heard was that Vivek gets it. That was the phrase I heard today, he gets it. So, you have two guys here, they’re creative. And with Vivek, apparently, he came in armed with a lot of technical knowledge about how to achieve some of the things they’re talking about. But they’re not going to cut Social Security and Medicare for people. Is there efficiency to be saved in the bureaucracy? I’m certain that there is.”
SCARAMUCCI: “Can I make a quick recommendation? Get some Democrats involved with it.”
PHILLIP: “Yeah, I know there are some.”
SCARAMUCCI: “They can win some successes.”
JENNINGS: “Ro Khanna, I think, is already a good example.”
SCARAMUCCI: “Ro is a good example.”
PHILLIP: “There are several. And — but it would probably be smart.”
Jones: “Ro specifically identified the Department of Defense.”
PHILLIP: “It would be smart for there to be more, actually. Because one way or the other, I think to Scott’s point, the American people are ready for the government to work better for them.”