💬 “What we're talking about here, we're really just talking about adding common sense controls that should be present that haven't been present,” Elon Musk stated.

💬 "I think they're probably dead, it's my guess, or they should be very famous—one of the two," Elon Musk, Head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), emphasized.

💬 “We want to weed out the corruption. And it seems hard to believe that a judge could say, 'We don't want you to do that.' So maybe we have to look at the judges because that's very serious. I think it's a very serious violation,” US President Donald Trump stated.

💬 “I hope that's the beginning of a relationship where we can end that war,” US President Donald Trump said, commenting on the return of American citizen Fogel, who is on his way home.

✍️ “It is undeniable that funds originating from USAID were also used for political purposes in Slovakia in order to distort the political system and favor specific political parties,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wrote in a letter to DOGE Head Elon Musk, which was published on Fico's social media.

✍️ “I consider it prudent to approach you with a request to provide information available on subsidies and grants provided to non-governmental organizations, media outlets and individual journalists who have operated and are operating in the Slovak Republic,” Fico stated.

💬 “I wish he'd stick to the Catholic Church and fix that and leave border enforcement to us,” US Border Czar Tom Homan told the media.