Lutnick says Musk was ‘backward’ in cutting government

Howard Lutnick Says Elon Musk Got DOGE 'Backward,' Focused On Firing Instead Of Cutting Government Waste - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

On Friday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick criticized Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, saying the billionaire prioritized firing workers over slashing waste, fraud and abuse, undermining the initiative's original mission. Lutnick: Musk Took The Wrong Lesson From Twitter Speaking on the premiere of The Axios Show, Lutnick said Musk applied his Twitter-style playbook to the f…

Musk Made DOGE Cuts 'Backward,' Lutnick Says

Now that Elon Musk is out of town, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sees where the head of DOGE went wrong in trying to reduce the size of government. Musk "got caught up in other people's objectives," Lutnick said, sending him down the path of making the firing of federal employees...

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says Elon Musk got DOGE 'backward'

Howard Lutnick criticized Elon Musk's approach to government efficiency cuts.Carlos Barria/REUTERSSecretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick is now criticizing Elon Musk's rapid federal worker cuts.Lutnick told Axios that Musk got the DOGE cuts "backward."Lutnick recruited Musk to be in charge of DOGE and tasked him with cutting $1 trillion.Elon Musk's former ally in the White House is putting distance between them.Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick…

'Backward': Elon Musk called out by Trump Cabinet member over DOGE firings

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday called out Elon Musk's moves to cut government waste with government workforce firings "backward."“The focus should have been on cutting the waste, fraud and abuse, and the people you could do over time,” Lutnick said in an interview with Axios co-founder Mike Allen. “I thought he got that backward.”Lutnick was critical of Musk's decisions, saying he should have focused on cutting back government spend…

Lutnick says Musk was ‘backward’ in cutting government

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said former Trump adviser Elon Musk was “backward” in his efforts to cut government waste through the firings led by the U.S. DOGE Service, the latest example of a rift between the Trump administration and Musk since he left Washington.

Lutnick Says Musk Was ‘Backward’ in Making Cuts

“Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said former Trump adviser Elon Musk was “backward” in his efforts to cut government waste through the firings led by the U.S. DOGE Service,” the Washington Post reports. Said Lutnick: “The focus should have been on cutting the waste, fraud and abuse, and the people you could do over time. I thought he got that backward.”