US EditionElon Musk Says DOGE Was ‘a Little Bit Successful’
Elon Musk called his cost-cutting role at the Department of Government Efficiency somewhat successful but said he would not lead it again, citing a preference to focus on his companies.
- On Dec 9, Elon Musk told a podcast that `We were a little bit successful. We were somewhat successful,` reflecting on the Department of Government Efficiency role with Katie Miller.
- Elon Musk ran DOGE from a small bureau in the executive office building, saying he 'took a hatchet' to the US federal workforce and agencies and stopped wasteful funding.
- Incidents of vandalism were reported at Tesla dealerships and charging stations while Elon Musk led DOGE, and he remarked, `And they wouldn't have been burning the cars.`
- He broke with President Donald Trump in June over the flagship tax and spending bill, calling it `utterly insane and destructive`, and said, `I think instead of doing DOGE, I would've basically... worked in my companies, essentially.`
- The DOGE website posts cuts of US$214 billion , but independent observers say the actual savings are unclear following DOGE's pause of many programs Musk called wasteful.
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Elon Musk makes bold claim about government's former DOGE program: 'They wouldn't have been burning the cars'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known in part for saying controversial or "careless" things, but as the Guardian reported, he recently made a sincerely shocking admission. On Dec. 9, Musk appeared on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller, the wife of deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller. During that appearance, the Tesla CEO made a highly unusual set of statements, describing the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which was previously r…
Billionaire Elon Musk, boss of the car manufacturer Tesla, space company SpaceX or social network X, said that he would no longer participate in Donald Trump's Commission for Government Efficiency (Doge), seeming to regret his involvement at the beginning of the year.To the question "would you do it again?", asked during the conservative program The Katie Miller Podcast published on Wednesday, the richest man in the world replied: "No, I don't t…
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Elon Musk Asked If He Would "Do DOGE Again". His Reply
Billionaire Elon Musk believes his cost-cutting stint as part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was "a little bit successful," though he thinks he could have otherwise spent time focusing on his companies.
Elon Musk has said that the aggressive federal job-cutting program he led at the start of Donald Trump's second term, known as the "Department of Government Efficiency" (Doge), was only "a little bit successful" and he would not lead the project again. Musk said he would not want to repeat the job, speaking on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller, a rising-profile right-wing personality who was an adviser to Doge and married to Stephen Miller, Donal…
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