US EditionElon Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations: AP
- Elon Musk, the world's richest person and a top campaign donor, announced his departure as a senior advisor in the Trump administration in 2025 after working in Washington to cut federal spending.
- Musk initially targeted $2 trillion in spending cuts to address excessive federal spending but progressively lowered his goal to $150 billion amid critiques and practical difficulties.
- He faced resistance for an approach described as dismissive toward federal workers and for undermining agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, even as Americans agreed the government was wasteful.
- Polling by the Associated Press-NORC Center showed Musk's popularity declined sharply despite broad public agreement on government bloat; Musk claimed the US faced bankruptcy without cuts but delivered only modest savings.
- Musk's departure leaves unresolved the prospect of significant spending reductions and highlights the challenge of reforming government efficiency amid political and bureaucratic obstacles.
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Helena Independent Record
Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet goals
No one was prosecuted for the fraud he claimed plagues the U.S. government, and he reduced his target for cutting spending from $2 trillion to $150 billion. Even that goal may not be reached.
Elon Musk’s legacy in Washington: Thousands laid off, a chainsaw, and fewer cuts than promised
Elon Musk’s political death certificate arrived Wednesday night, Washington time, when the richest man in the world announced on his social network, X, that he was resigning from the mission for which Donald Trump had recruited him: dismantling the administration at the helm of a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Seguir leyendo
Temple Daily Telegram
Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations
Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm. Now that’s over. Musk said…
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