(The Hill) – Fox News host and former Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump argues Americans should be thankful for the work billionaire Elon Musk is doing on behalf of President Trump to shrink the size and spending of the federal government.

“Once upon a time, it used to be that there was a bipartisan goal of rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse,” Trump said during an appearance on Sean Hannity’s program on Monday.

Multiple legal challenges have been filed against the Trump administration’s sweeping government cuts, with critics saying the White House is breaking the law by halting spending mandated by Congress.

Democrats, upset with Musk’s reform efforts, are using “the exact same [methods to] … attack him and take him down at all costs and any cost” that they “used against Donald Trump,” the president’s daughter-in-law said.

“They’re attacking his character, they called him a Nazi, they’re going after his businesses, they’re vandalizing property, they’re doing any and everything they can to this man, and it’s really horrific to see because, what is Elon getting for all of this,” she continued. “This guy is losing money because of what he’s doing, but he understands the importance of this moment. We cannot continue in perpetuity spending the way we are. We cannot survive as a country. So people ought to be kissing the feet of Elon Musk and Donald Trump for being the two people to actually do this.”

The host’s comments were first highlighted by Mediate.

Lara Trump was hired last month to host a weekend evening show on Fox News, the top-rated cable news channel.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump regularly complained about Fox’s coverage, but since being elected, he has granted the channel exclusive interviews and lightened his criticism.