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.
Yup. All these reports acting like musk stepping away means the crisis is over but the damage is already done. Could take years or decades to figure out what he’s done while he had unrestricted access to all those systems, and what’s still in his possession and what access he still has now.