Elon Musk reflects on his time with DOGE, sharing mixed feelings about its success.
Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down for a recent podcast interview in which he revealed he has mixed emotions about his time heading up the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, adding that he would probably not put on a repeat performance. It’s not hard to understand why the tech guru feels this way, considering all of the hassle he endured during the effort. When people constantly trash you, when government entities lie to you and try to impede your mission, they can burn out someone like Musk rather quickly.
The owner of social media platform X sat down with former Trump aide Katie Miller for an hour-long interview. He reflected on his time as head honcho over DOGE. Musk offered only faint praise for the effort, calling it “a little bit successful,” then stating the agency “stopped a lot of funding that really just made no sense” and “wasted money entirely.”
When Miller asked Musk if he would ever do it again, Musk paused to think through his answer before finally saying, “I think instead of DOGE, I would’ve basically…worked in my companies, essentially.
