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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    410 hours ago

    It’ll be 2 million, and way less than the amount the DOGE department manages to embezzle itself.

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      137 minutes ago

      Yeah, the only real “cuts” will be to regulatory agencies that get in the way of his business plans.