Sen. Bernie Sanders praised tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday over plans by the Department of Government Efficiency to eliminate waste in defense spending.

“Elon Musk is right,” the Vermont independent wrote in a post on X. “The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions. Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud. That must change.”

Musk replied to Sanders’ post with several American flag emojis.

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