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The population in 2019 was 328 mill and change Today it is 345 and change. So your populaltion discussion is wrong Defense spending alone goes up about 5% a year-and that is a big chunk . Gonna cut defense NopeFederal spending was 5.31T in 2019 (prior to COVID) and last year it was 6.16T. We can easily save 1T if we just go back to pre COVID 2019 spending levels. The birthrates are down so the population isn't really any greater than 2019 (other than illegal immigration). If Elon is correct, we've already knocked off 1B just in a couple of weeks simply by cancelling DEI contracts. This should be a piece of cake.
Inflation since 2019 is a factor-so shit costs more
Find me a trilliion with that in mind Elons Billion is literally budget dust