Musk, DOGE

Elon Musk says DOGE saving $2 trillion in budget cuts is a 'best-case outcome'
Elon Musk told the political strategist Mark Penn that if DOGE tried to cut $2 trillion, it'd have a "good shot" of ending up at $1 trillion.
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.”
Why Elon Musk had to drop his ‘DOGE’ pledge to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget
Two months ago here at MarketWatch, we told you that Elon Musk was talking out of his MAGA hat when he promised to cut “at least $2 trillion” from the $6.75 trillion federal budget. Now Musk has admitted we were right all along.
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 Finally Admits DOGE Is Going to Be a Total Bust
Elon Musk is reneging on his biggest DOGE promise. In a live interview on X Wednesday evening with political strategist Mark Penn, the billionaire conceded that his initial goal of cutting the federal budget by “at least $2 trillion” was a taller task than he first believed.
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 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.
Gamers are accusing Elon Musk of cheating at popular video games by allegedly turning to loopholes and hiring better users to play for him
Elon Musk boasts being one of the top-ranked Diablo IV players. Some prolific gamers believe the Tesla CEO is cheating by ...
Musk asks state AGs to auction off OpenAI stake in nonprofit restructuring, sources say
A lawyer for billionaire Elon Musk has asked attorney generals in the states of California and Delaware to push OpenAI to ...
‘Path of Exile 2’ Players Call Bullshit on Elon Musk’s Video Game Stream
The world’s richest man claims he’s playing the game at the highest level. But that’s only true if you have no idea what’s ...
Elon Musk agrees that we’ve exhausted AI training data
Indeed, Musk suggested that synthetic data — data generated by AI models themselves — is the path forward. “The only way to ...
Why Has Mark Zuckerberg Copied Elon Musk?
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed Facebook and Instagram into a new era when he announced that they would follow in the ...
How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to fuel wave of misinformation
The X owner shared false claims that a Home Office memo urged police not to intervene in child grooming cases.
Musk Vaulted to the Top of a Popular Videogame. Everyone’s Asking Where He Found the Time.
The head of six companies says he recently became one of the world’s top ‘Diablo IV’ players, a milestone gamers say would ...
Trump campaign worker won Elon Musk’s $1mn election raffle prize
The Trump campaign employed VanAkin between June and October. He received $14,000 in payments labelled “advance consulting & ...
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 ...
Musk’s DOGE unit is hiring for salaried roles—you apply via a DM on X demonstrating ‘exceptional ability’ and send your cell number
If you want to join DOGE don’t bother sending Elon Musk your CV, just DM a few bullet points to the department on X.