Elon Musk says DOGE’s $2 trillion target for federal spending cuts was just a best-case scenario
Elon Musk initially pledged to cut some $2 trillion from the federal budget, alongside his DOGE partner, politician Vivek Ramaswamy.
Musk drops DOGE target to cut $2 trillion, saying half that would be ‘an epic outcome’
Elon Musk is lowering the target of his claim that he could cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, now saying half of that would be ideal. Musk, a co-chairman of the Department of Government Efficiency,
Elon Musk says cutting $2 trillion from the federal budget is a 'best-case outcome'
In a Wednesday interview on X, Elon Musk said cuts of $2 trillion to the federal budget might not be possible and was a "best-case outcome."
Elon Musk Is Already Backtracking on DOGE’s $2 Trillion Budget Cut Goals
I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting one,” Musk said, during a recent live streamed conversation on his platform, X. He added that eliminating $2 trillion was “like, the best-case outcome.
Elon Musk Walks Back Vow To Find $2 Trillion In Wasteful Spending
Trump and Republicans have nevertheless embraced Musk as a budget visionary, with Trump naming him to a nongovernment advisory panel called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Republicans then jumped on the DOGE bandwagon without realizing the name is a joke based on an internet meme about a Shiba Inu dog.
Elon Musk says DOGE probably won't find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his budget-cutting effort on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump would most likely not find $2 trillion in savings, backtracking on a goal he set earlier as co-head of a new advisory body,
Musk: Cutting $2T through DOGE ‘best-case outcome’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the best case scenario would be to make $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that he is
Musk Admits Cutting Federal Spending By $2 Trillion May Be a Long Shot
In a live-streamed conversation with Stagwell CEO Mark Penn on Wednesday, Elon Musk conceded that his ambitious goal of reducing federal spending by $2 trillion may be unrealistic. Musk, appointed
Elon Musk says DOGE will 'try' to hit its goal of $2T in cuts, but admits they might fall short
During a livestremed talk with Stagwell Inc. CEO Mark Penn, tech billionaire Elon Musk admits that the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency may not reach its goal.
Musk Acknowledges $2 Trillion Spending Cut Goal a Long Shot
Elon Musk, who U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to oversee a government cost-cutting effort, acknowledged that his declared goal of cutting $2 trillion in spending from the $6.8 trillion federal budget would be a long shot.
Can DOGE actually save federal money by cutting government jobs? Unlikely, economist Joel Naroff says
The government is not a factory. Standard efficiency models, which usually involve cutting workers and adding capital, may ...
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, ...