Musk, Budget and Skeptical DOGE Effort

Elon Musk now has a new, lower target number for DOGE’s budget cuts
Elon Musk walked back his previous claim that he could cut at least $2 trillion from the federal budget, saying Wednesday that half that amount would be “an epic outcome.”
Elon Musk Backtracks on $2 Trillion DOGE Budget-Cutting Ambition
Elon Musk has backtracked on his earlier goal of cutting $2 trillion from the federal budget. In a live interview on X, formerly Twitter, with Stagwell CEO Mark Penn on Wednesday, Musk said slashing $2 trillion from the budget would be "the best-case outcome," but he thinks there is a "good shot" of cutting half that amount.
Musk Now Skeptical DOGE Effort Can Cut $2 Trillion From Budget
Billionaire Elon Musk expressed doubt that his government efficiency panel in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration will actually be able to achieve $2 trillion in cuts to the US federal budget,
Elon Musk Walks Back Vow To Find $2 Trillion In Wasteful Spending
Republican budget guru Elon Musk admitted Wednesday that his vision of $2 trillion in spending cuts is not very realistic. The billionaire entrepreneur and President-elect Donald Trump consigliere said in an interview on his website X with Mark Penn,
Elon Musk is already lowering expectations for DOGE
While campaigning for Donald Trump in October, Elon Musk claimed he could slash “at least $2 trillion” in government spending. Now that Musk has started laying the groundwork for his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency,
Musk Admits His DOGE Pledge to Save $2 Trillion Probably Isn’t Going to Happen
Elon Musk on Wednesday backtracked on his goal to cut $2 trillion from the U.S. budget in his role as the co-head of DOGE, Donald Trump’s proposed new advisory body which aims to slash waste and regulations to lower taxes.
Musk: Cutting $2T through DOGE ‘best-case outcome’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the best-case scenario would be to make $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending through the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) he is co-leading. “I think we’ll try for $2 trillion,

Elon Musk, Election Day and President-elect

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Elon Musk uses wildfires to attack California’s DEI practices — as MAGA faithful spread wild conspiracies
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Elon Musk reacts to Don Jr's Greenland visit as Trump's plan to buy ‘beautiful’ island would cost US…
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Elon Musk and the tech titans v the rest of Maga – here’s where the big splits could happen
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Sam Altman says Elon Musk won’t abuse his political power to target competitors, but cautions he ‘may turn out to be proven wrong’
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