US EditionElon Musk Says His DOGE Chainsaw Stunt Onstage 'Lacked Empathy'
- On July 1, 2025, Elon Musk acknowledged on X that his chainsaw stunt during the Conservative Political Action Conference, which involved Argentine President Javier Milei, was insensitive and accepted responsibility for his actions.
- Musk attributed part of the responsibility for his chainsaw stunt to the Argentine president, who had handed it to him as a symbol for reducing federal expenditures, amid Musk’s ongoing criticism of Trump’s spending legislation.
- Musk has vocally opposed Trump’s controversial 'big, beautiful bill,' which narrowly passed the Senate and includes massive cuts to social programs and Medicaid.
- The bill passed 51-50 with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote and is projected to increase the deficit by over $3.9 trillion and cause 17 million to lose health insurance.
- Musk’s recognition of his chainsaw stunt's insensitivity and his political opposition underscore a tense public feud with Trump amid major legislative and social challenges.
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Elon Musk says his DOGE chainsaw stunt onstage 'lacked empathy'
Elon Musk waved a chainsaw around at CPAC in February.Nathan Howard/REUTERSElon Musk said that wielding a chainsaw at CPAC "lacked empathy.""Milei gave me the chainsaw backstage and I ran with it," he wrote on X.Musk is now in a deadlock with Trump over the president's big spending bill.Elon Musk said that brandishing a chainsaw onstage in February probably wasn't such a good idea.Musk — who's been on a tear criticizing President Donald Trump's …
In a publication in X, the businessman acknowledged that using the gift given to him by the Argentine president as a symbol of the fiscal adjustment was a mistake
In Elon Musk there is room, apparently, for repentance. Or at least for something similar to a self-criticism. On a post on his X network, the richest man in the world acknowledged that he “lacked empathy” when, four months ago, he exhibited extasiated during an ultra-right rally a chainsaw that he had just received from the president of Argentina, Javier Milei. It was during a round trip with a user who accused him of having “behaved like a foo…
The tycoon and now former Donald Trump official in the U.S. government made a mea culpa in reference to the famous object that the libertarian gave him.
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