Donald Trump acknowledged that Elon Musk hired young people -- as young as 19-year-olds-- for crucial DOGE work. He said he never met them though they work out of the White House but they are very smart people. "Some are young and some are not young. Some are not young at all. But they found great things," Trump said.
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