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Elon Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations: AP
- Elon Musk announced he is leaving his senior adviser role in the Trump administration in 2025 after serving in Washington.
- Musk joined the administration as a top campaign donor aiming to cut federal spending drastically, but later scaled back his targets multiple times.
- He pushed for sweeping government efficiency reforms, including laying off thousands of federal workers, shuttering agencies, and criticizing Social Security as a Ponzi scheme.
- Despite Musk’s claim of potential $2 trillion savings, he ultimately delivered modest results, with a target cut to about $150 billion that may not be met.
- Musk’s efforts faced resistance, his popularity declined, and polling showed public agreement that government is wasteful, though Trump made no public comment on Musk’s exit.
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Helena Independent Record
Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet goals
No one was prosecuted for the fraud he claimed plagues the U.S. government, and he reduced his target for cutting spending from $2 trillion to $150 billion. Even that goal may not be reached.
Elon Musk’s legacy in Washington: Thousands laid off, a chainsaw, and fewer cuts than promised
Elon Musk’s political death certificate arrived Wednesday night, Washington time, when the richest man in the world announced on his social network, X, that he was resigning from the mission for which Donald Trump had recruited him: dismantling the administration at the helm of a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Seguir leyendo
Temple Daily Telegram
Musk came to Washington wielding a chain saw. He leaves behind upheaval and unmet expectations
Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm. Now that’s over. Musk said…
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