The veteran Democratic Senator, from Vermont, tweeted criticism for the department on Sunday, claiming it had managed to ‘lose track of billions’

Elon Musk is right,” Sanders said in an X post on Dec. 1. “The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions. W

Elon Musk has a new supporter in his push to rein in government spending — Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. "Elon Musk is right," Sanders said of Musk's criticisms of the Defense Department's spending in an X post published Sunday.