Elon Musk reveals he wouldn’t do DOGE again — doubts that effort to chainsaw government was successful
Elon Musk says he’s no longer convinced his crusade to clean up government waste through the Department of Government Efficiency — better known as DOGE — was worth the chaos it unleashed.
Musk admitted he’s deeply unsure whether his high-profile stint running Washington’s most meme-able agency actually worked, in a wide-ranging — and, at times, philosophical — interview on “The Katie Miller Podcast.”
“We’re a little bit successful. We’re somewhat successful,” the Tesla founder said when Miller asked if DOGE achieved what he’d hoped.
“I think instead of doing DOGE, I would have basically … worked on my companies, essentially,” Elon Musk told podcaster Katie Miller.
But he quickly undercut the praise, lamenting how entrenched the waste was.
“There was, like, probably $100, maybe $200 billion worth of zombie payments per year,” he said, noting DOGE shut down only a fraction of it.
