By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk has 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.” Musk, who has been tasked by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, called the $2 trillion target “the best-case outcome.” “If we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting o…

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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.”

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Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder Joe Lonsdale offered a sobering assessment of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative, suggesting that while $1 trillion in federal spending cuts might be achievable, further reductions would face significant hurdles.

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Elon Musk is lowering the target of his claim that he could cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, now saying half of that would be ideal.  Musk, a co-chairman of the Department of Government Efficiency, called the $2 trillion target “the best-case outcome” but said $1 trillion would create “no inflation” and “be an... The post Musk drops DOGE target to cut $2 trillion, saying half that would be ‘an epic outcome’ appeared first on Daily Truth …

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Elon Musk, whom President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead a task force to slash government spending, has downsized an ambitious goal of cutting at least $2 trillion from the federal budget.
In a Jan. 8 conversation broadcast on X, a platform Musk owns, the billionaire tech entrepreneur told political strategist Mark Penn that the $2 trillion figure represents the most optimistic outcome.
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Elon Musk is backing away from his campaign trail commitment to trim $2 trillion in government spending. While stumping for Donald Trump days before November’s presidential election, the billionaire GOP donor told cheering fans he would help the new administration cut “at least” that amount from the federal budget. The idea of trimming nearly 30% in spending was largely viewed as ambitious to say the least. Speaking on his social media platform …

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