Elon Musk Defends Cost-Cutting Efforts in Oval Office Appearance

DOGE's Race to the Bottom

Elon Musk's takeover of US government agencies has happened at remarkable speeds. That's the point.

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By CNN en Español The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created by President Donald Trump and led by billionaire Elon Musk, has undertaken an unprecedented effort to cut public spending and reshape government agencies, which has raised alarm bells among federal employees and faces multiple legal challenges. In the first three weeks since Trump took office, DOGE has fired or suspended public employees, demanded access to sensitive payme…

Trump and Elon Musk Defend DOGE in Bizarre Oval Office Press Conference

On Tuesday, Elon Musk spoke to reporters from the Oval Office, standing alongside President Trump, who remained seated at the Resolute Desk. It was the first time Musk has taken questions about his DOGE operation since Trump tasked him with slashing “trillions” of dollars in federal spending. Musk repeatedly rejected reporters’ assertions that DOGE operates in deep secrecy. Elon Musk: “So, all of our actions are maximally transparent. In fact, I…

Chris Cuomo Defends Elon Musk From Democrats, Media 'Pushback': 'You Need Better Ideas Than He Has'

Before Chris Cuomo launched into a stout defense of Elon Musk’s project DOGE, he gave a caveat: “Here, we look left, we look right, and then we aim for reasonable.” The NewsNation anchor, a harsh critic of Trump in his CNN days, seemed a lot more aligned with the president’s blitzing effort to slash government spending in a Tuesday night monologue on “Cuomo.” He called Musk’s question-and-answer session with the press in the Oval Office “unortho…

Elon Musk imposes his law on the U.S. administration. Donald Trump signed yesterday the decree that gives the billionaire wide latitude, both to carry out large cuts in the federal administration but also to give him the ability to approve or not to approve future recruitments in these administrations. Elon Musk claimed that he was acting for democracy and the public interest.