Musk calls for U.S. to "delete entire agencies" at home and "mind its own business" at times abroad

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Elon Musk called Thursday to "delete entire agencies" from the U.S. government as part of his push under President Trump to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities.

Musk offered a wide-ranging survey via a videocall to the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, of what he described as the priorities of the Trump administration interspersed with multiple references to "thermonuclear warfare" and the possible dangers of artificial intelligence.

In remarks similar to ones he made in the Oval Office Tuesday with the president looking on, Musk said, "We really have here rule of the bureaucracy as opposed to rule of the people - democracy," Musk said, wearing a black T-shirt that read: "Tech Support." He also joked that he was the "White House's tech support," borrowing from his profile on the social platform X, which he owns.