“What Oklahomans want is to make sure that we get rid of the waste and fraud inside the federal government.”
Washington, D.C. – On Sunday, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press to discuss the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine War, bolster our national defense, and reform the federal workforce to best serve the American people.
Sen. Mullin’s full interview can be found here.
On the war that never would have happened if President Trump was in office:
“President Trump is absolutely correct. If he was in office, this war would have never, ever taken place. What we’re trying to do and what President Trump is trying to do is end the killing. It’s been going on for three years. The Biden administration turned a blind eye to it, and President Trump is the president that can end the war. There, fact – fact and simple…
“What we’re trying to do here is put President Trump in a good position to negotiate the end of the war. It’s the same way that Reagan worked with Gorbachev by trying to end the Cold War. Trump is the president that’s going to be able to end the killings that should have never taken place and would have never taken place if he would have been in office instead of Joe Biden. The reason why is because President Trump leads peace through strength. What Biden led through is appeasement.”
On the president’s right to pick his team of U.S. military advisors:
“We’re a civilian force, and the president gets to choose his closest advisors. And the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is [one of] his closest advisors.”
On Elon Musk’s efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse:
“What Oklahomans want is to make sure that get rid of the waste and fraud inside the federal government…
“I would tell you that the majority of the American people want to make sure that their taxpayers are being used correctly. I don’t want anybody to lose their job. That’s the last thing we want. But at the same time, anytime you’re trying to secure this country, which a national security risk we have right now is our national debt, we have to make changes, and we have to make it quickly.”
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