- Musk said that Amtrak was “embarrassing” while speaking practically at a Morgan Stanley conference.
- He said that America “should try to privatize everything we can”, including Amtrak and the USPS.
- Trump has flirted with the privatization of the USPS in recent months.
Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the post office and Amtrak should be privatized, calling the state of the passenger rail in the “embarrassing” United States.
Speaking practically at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Musk said that the government “should try to privatize everything we can,” said Audio examined by Business Insider.
“I think we should privatize the post office and Amtrak, for example,” he said.
He congratulated Chinese trains, saying that railway systems in other countries are “much better” than that of America.
“If you come from another country, please do not use our national rail,” he said. “It will leave you with a very bad impression of America.”
Although Musk did not explain why the USPS should be privatized, President Donald Trump has already launched the privatization of the organization, affirming at the end of February that the secretary of trade Howard Lutnick “would examine” the organization.
Musk recognized during his remarks that the privatization of Amtrak or the USPS would probably require approval of the congress, and has not developed measures to move forward with his vision.
Although Musk is not officially in charge of the Doge’s Office of the White House – this title returns to the little -known data, Amy Gleason – he is considered his de facto chief. Trump repeatedly said that Musk was in charge of the group, including during his spouse in the congress on Tuesday evening.
“I created the brand new Ministry of Government Effectiveness, Doge, maybe you heard about it, which is led by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight,” Trump said on Tuesday. His remarks were immediately reported as part of an ongoing trial involving DOGE.
Musk did not claim leadership position at Doge during the word at the Morgan Stanley conference. He qualified as “technological support, believe it or not”.
The representatives of Doge and the White House did not immediately respond to the request for BI comments.
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