Trump Asked Musk if DOGE Was BS Then Called Him Half ‘Boy’
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The president and his special government employee’s government collaboration came to an end this week.

Even Donald Trump doubted Elon Musk’s ability to cut $1 trillion in federal spending.

“Was it all bulls–t?” Trump asked advisers of Musk’s cost-cutting under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Wall Street Journal reported in a behind-the-scenes look at the pair’s working relationship.

Musk pledged to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget but ultimately managed to cut only $170 billion, according to DOGE’s own calculations, which have themselves been called into question.

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
    151·
    15 days ago

    In the wake of the Times report, Republicans and Democrats alike have connected Musk’s drug use with his erratic behavior—including his Nazi-like salute during Trump’s inauguration and mumbling interviews.

    No, the Nazi salute was done by the real Musk and expressed his actual views. The drugs may have lowered his inhibitions but they didn’t “make him” do it.

    • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
      42·
      15 days ago

      well yeah what I was going to say… that’s like someone getting drunk and bursting into racial slurs… the conclusion isn’t that he’s a great guy that got drunk, the conclusion is he’s a racist that at least knows that his views aren’t tollerated in polite society normally.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      15 days ago

      I’m a little concerned that democrats are giving him the out, though. Like.

      No.

      He did it because he’s a fucking Nazis.