Elon Musk says DOGE saving $2 trillion in budget cuts is a 'best-case outcome'

Elon Musk cast doubt on his previous promise that Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” would save the government $2 trillion.
“I think we’ll try for $2 trillion. I think that’s, like, the best-case outcome,” Musk told the political strategist Mark Penn during a Wednesday-evening chat on X.
In October, Musk argued that DOGE would save the government at least $2 trillion. Some federal budget experts questioned the possibility of making such significant cuts, especially given that […]
Elon Musk says DOGE saving $2 trillion in budget cuts is a 'best-case outcome'