Donald Trump says he would appoint tech mogul Elon Musk to a new White House post — “Secretary of Cost-Cutting” — if the former president wins the November election.
“He’s a great business guy, and he’s a great cost-cutter,” Trump, 78, told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” of the world’s richest person. “And [Musk] said, ‘I could cut costs without affecting anybody.’ “
Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, said that while the 53-year-old billionaire X and Tesla honcho doesn’t want to be a part of the cabinet, he does want to focus on cost-cutting.
“We’ll have a new position: Secretary of Cost-Cutting. Elon wants to do that, and we have incredible people. He’s running a big business. He can’t just say, ‘I think I’ll go into the Cabinet.’ Other people can. He can’t, but Elon’s a little bit different in that sense.”
The former president also spoke about Musk’s space ambitions and the promise of getting to Mars. Musk runs Space X, and Trump established the Space Force — a separate sixth branch of the military — during his first term.
“He’s made me a promise to get to Mars before the end of my administration, which will be long before, hopefully, China or Russia,” Trump said.