Elon Musk Admits DOGE Role Is Straining His Businesses, Defends Cost-Cutting Efforts
Elon Musk says his role in DOGE is straining his businesses but remains committed to cost-cutting reforms.
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Elon Musk Admits DOGE Role Is Straining His Businesses, Defends Cost-Cutting Efforts
In an interview with Fox’s Larry Kudlow on Monday, billionaire Elon Musk admitted that his involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Donald Trump’s initiative to reduce federal spending, is making it tougher to run his many businesses: X, Tesla, xAI, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and Starlink. Image:SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images “How are you running your other businesses?” Kudlow asked at one point. “With great difficulty,” Musk replied. “Frankly, I can’t believe I’m here doing this.” Musk and DOGE, which has around 100 staffers — a number that Musk expects to climb to 200 — have been criticized for overpromising and underdelivering on spending cuts across U.S government agencies. Government contracting experts say that DOGE’s online record of reductions contains inaccurate information and inflates claims of “savings” by including misleading math about contract cancellations. DOGE has also put the U.S.’s data and computing infrastructure at risk through its…