Liberal media personality Cenk Uygur apparently wants a role in the Trump administration.
The Young Turks host is renowned for his left-wing views, and his disdain for Donald Trump has been well-documented over the past few years. Yet, with the woke left all-but defeated in the wake of the presidential election, Uygur has been critical of the left (while remaining a leftist).
Asking Elon Musk to put him “in charge of the Pentagon”, Uygur said, “I’ll slash $400 billion easy. That’ll get you 20% to your goal of $2 trillion, right out of the gate. I went to Wharton three years before you. I own a media company, so I know how to run a business. If you really want to cut, put me in, coach.”
Musk responded that “specific suggestions” would be welcomed within his new Department of Government Efficiency.
“As you know, you’d need to see the line items in the budget, but I have one suggestion already,” Uygur replied. “The generals are not allowed to get a job with defense contractors for ten years. They authorize so much wasteful spending because they’re going to get hired by those same companies.”
Although Uygur obviously did not get his wish to be “put in charge of the Pentagon,” and never will, he did say he the right seemed “more open and inclusive” than his liberal colleagues. He also argued that the Democrats “hate their base” and were the “less tolerant party.”
Many were bemused by the idea of Uygur joining the right.
Others weren’t buying Uyger’s newfound ideology.
