Elon Musk called to "delete entire agencies" from the U.S. government as part of his push under President Donald 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.

"We really have here rule of the bureaucracy as opposed to rule of the people… I think we do need to delete entire agencies as opposed to leave a lot of them behind. If we don’t remove the roots of the weed, then it’s easy for the weed to grow back", - said Musk.

His remarks also offered a more-isolationist view of American power in the Middle East, where the U.S. has fought wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

"A lot of attention has been on USAID for example", Musk said, referring to Trump`s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. "There`s like the National Endowment for Democracy. But I`m like, `Okay, well, how much democracy have they achieved lately?`"

He added that the U.S. under Trump is "less interested in interfering with the affairs of other countries": “There are times the United States has been kind of pushy in international affairs, which may resonate with some members of the audience. Basically, America should mind its own business, rather than push for regime change all over the place".