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Elon Musk to step down from DOGE after $1 trillion deficit reduction. Here’s what he said
Mint ^ | 3/28/25

Posted on 03/29/2025 3:37:58 AM PDT by EBH

Elon Musk announced he will leave his role in the Trump administration at the end of May after leading a $1 trillion deficit reduction as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE claims it has saved Americans $130 billion so far.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday announced that he plans to step down from his role in the Donald Trump administration at the end of May after overseeing a massive $1 trillion reduction in the US deficit. Musk, who was brought in as a “special government employee” for a 130-day term, has been spearheading government cost-cutting efforts as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Elon Musk in an interview with Fox News, described his tenure as a historic overhaul of federal spending.

“This is a revolution. And I think it might be the biggest revolution in government since the original revolution,” he said. “At the end of the day, America’s going to be in much better shape. It’s going to be a fantastic future.”

(Excerpt) Read more at livemint.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: debt; deficit
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1 posted on 03/29/2025 3:37:58 AM PDT by EBH
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Musk does in a couple months what politicians have been talking about for years. But the left will continue to demonize him.
2 posted on 03/29/2025 3:46:35 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: EBH

Thank you, Mr. Musk, for your assistance.


3 posted on 03/29/2025 3:47:44 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: EBH

1 trillion ??


4 posted on 03/29/2025 3:56:47 AM PDT by erlayman (E )
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Most of the savings will continue for decades. Thank YOU Elon and team...


5 posted on 03/29/2025 3:58:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (Cheaper for Soros to 'rent a small mob' for Town Halls than buy BLM thugs to burn down cities. )
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To: EBH

Elon - we hardly knew ya. .
Say it ain’t so.


6 posted on 03/29/2025 4:00:34 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: linMcHlp
I listened to the entire interview with Bret. Very impressive. We were given the impression that 100 "brainy kids" were doing the "hunting"...but looks like they were all being supervised by about 10 very impressive gentlemen...."giving back" to our country.

Thank you all.

7 posted on 03/29/2025 4:00:58 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Kid Shelleen

The left is the reason this has never been done before. It takes men of real courage backed by a visionary and courageous man to stand up to the vitriol thrown at them.

They have put their heads down and just kept going. The brilliance of this group of men is something rarely seen and this country will survive as long as we are smart enough to keep it.


8 posted on 03/29/2025 4:01:56 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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Don’t forget...$1 trillion x 10 years is 10 trillion dollars.


9 posted on 03/29/2025 4:02:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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I think DOGE will carry on now the course has been set.


10 posted on 03/29/2025 4:05:24 AM PDT by EBH (It is always darkest before the dawn. Government betrayed the Republic.)
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All the DOGE “cuts” are negated by the recently passed CR in Congress....$10 Billion in ADDITIONAL spending thru October 2025.

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/whats-houses-full-year-continuing-resolution


11 posted on 03/29/2025 4:06:00 AM PDT by Drago
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So all this fraud he found, not ONE person has been indicted? All the legal crap they put Trump and his supporters through the past 4 years and not one person has been arrested for stealing from the taxpayers.


12 posted on 03/29/2025 4:06:21 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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That’s up to Blondi Bondi to do, not Musk’s job.


13 posted on 03/29/2025 4:07:58 AM PDT by EBH (It is always darkest before the dawn. Government betrayed the Republic.)
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To: McGavin999

Well said; this is literally a portrait in courage. All of the DOGE crew are wildly successful and could do anything they want but they chose to help their country by stopping the looting by the ruling class.


14 posted on 03/29/2025 4:09:05 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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We certainly need watchful eyes...we to retrain Dems not to give your money away. That means “vote wise”. Until NYS can flip their legislature and get rid of that dumb a** governor, we will remain at the mercy of “the dictators of NY”.


15 posted on 03/29/2025 4:10:03 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Drago

Regular Order will now return.

No more CRs.


16 posted on 03/29/2025 4:13:39 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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I hope the people in the Brett Baeir interview stay on after Musks leaves.


17 posted on 03/29/2025 4:16:02 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: erlayman

I wonder if this amount includes all of the combined lawsuits that that judge put a hault to.


18 posted on 03/29/2025 4:34:23 AM PDT by southernindymom
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October will be the “make or break”...most of the DOGE FedGov manpower reductions involved severance pay thru September...which contributed to the “no savings” ($10 Billion INCREASE) thru October. October will hopefully be PDJT’s 1st proposed balanced annual budget (NOT another CR). But I am not holding my breath. We also have the semi-annual “debt ceiling” fight coming up in August again...no chance of “holding fast” since the recently passed CR is out of balance to the tune of $10 Billion.


19 posted on 03/29/2025 4:35:04 AM PDT by Drago
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So the lefties firebombed Tesla dealerships as part of resisting Emperor Musk but he was just going to step aside anyway after his 130 day stint.


20 posted on 03/29/2025 4:51:28 AM PDT by Yardstick
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