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.

  • Flying Squid
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    1175 months ago

    This doesn’t look good for Elon. Lucky for him that he’s the president.

        • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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          35 months ago

          Yes he does. Right now they are all virtually MAGA as well. They believe Leon can do no wrong and believe that all the MAGAs are going to buy Tesla now.

          • @MildlyArdvark@feddit.dk
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            15 months ago

            Correct me if I’m wrong. I was under the impression that a substantial part of MAGAs are climate change deniers and gasoline bros who drive huge trucks and SUVs. Now they all want teslas? I’m confused.

            • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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              15 months ago

              a. they don’t all want the Teslas, the ones that have had them, think all the other MAGAS want them. b. These are fanbois that were always first to say “I didn’t buy my Tesla for the environmental stuff, …”