US EditionElon Musk exits DOGE but promises department will still deliver US$1-trillion in cuts
- Elon Musk concluded his 130-day tenure as the head of the Department for Government Efficiency under President Trump on Friday in Washington, D.C.
- He took on the role to cut federal spending by up to US$1 trillion but faced mixed results and disputes over the actual savings achieved.
- Musk's DOGE team cut funding for agencies like USAID, triggering controversy, protests, and legal challenges about the cuts' social impact.
- During a farewell press event, Musk expressed optimism that the savings would eventually reach US$1 trillion, while Trump commended DOGE’s efforts, describing the spending exposed as both “unbelievably stupid and unbelievably bad.”
- Musk's departure leaves him refocusing on Tesla amid company sales declines, while DOGE's legacy remains debated for its reforms and political fallout.
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Elon Musk exit strips Democrats of DOGE bogeyman - Washington Examiner
Democrats have long called for Elon Musk‘s departure from President Donald Trump‘s administration, but Musk saying goodbye to Washington means the party is also bidding farewell to their bogeyman. Musk’s 130 days as a special government employee, a designation provided to the technology billionaire to protect him from having to publicly disclose his conflict of interests, have come to an end with a mixed record. His Department of Government Effi…
Dean Phillips: Elon Musk A Modern-Day Galileo, Unfairly Vilified By Political Foes
Former Democratic Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips defended Elon Musk on Newsmax Friday and said political opponents unfairly vilify the billionaire innovator in the same way history has punished other brilliant minds. Musk announced Wednesday that his term as a special government employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has officially ended. During an appearance on “Rob […] Dean Phillips: Elon Musk A Modern-Day Galileo, Unfai…
In the United States, an amazing scene occurred on Friday in the oval office. Donald Trump dismisses Elon Musk who has not fulfilled his objectives in the department for the efficiency of the government, the Doge. This agency was tasked with drastically reducing federal budgets. The US administration keeps a very bad memory of the excesses of the billionaire. Elon Musk takes over the reins of his company Tesla, which has lost a third of its stoc…
The multi-billionaire reiterated that the Department of Government Efficiency would succeed in reducing public spending by $1 trillion. The independent DOGE Tracker site, for its part, came to a total of $12 billion.
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