Summary

Elon Musk, co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency under Donald Trump’s advisory team, revised his claim of finding $2 trillion in federal budget cuts to a “best-case outcome” of $1 trillion.

Musk’s earlier target, dismissed as unrealistic by experts, had included the entire discretionary budget of $1.7 trillion.

While Musk and co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy plan to recommend cuts, specifics remain unclear.

Experts warn savings may require targeting mandatory programs like Medicaid, potentially causing hardships.

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    2614 hours ago

    Wherever he cut, you can safely assume it will only hit the people at the bottom, not those at the top.

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      35 hours ago

      It will hit whatever annoys him, his companies and that extends to everybody who kisses his ring sufficiently.

      But yes, social and worker protections probably match that criteria.