Elon Musk and DOGE promised up to $2 trillion in government savings. How much have they actually saved so far?

[Dulcinea]

(Yahoo News) As the head of President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Tesla CEO Elon Musk has vowed to cut between $1 trillion and $2 trillion from the annual federal budget by 2026.

“I think we can do at least $2 trillion,” Musk said at a Trump rally last October. “Your money is being wasted, and the Department of Government Efficiency is going to fix that.”

Musk later revised that number down — but not by much.

“We’ll aim for $2 trillion, which I believe is the best-case scenario,” Musk said in a January interview on X, the social media site he owns. “But you need to allow for some margin. If we target $2 trillion, I think there’s a strong chance we can achieve $1 trillion in spending cuts."

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[LoisB]

1. Musk and IT seem to think that "government" is or should be a for-profit business.

[LonePirate]

2. $72B is the alleged cuts so far. This info should be in the OP.

[Walleye]

3. The Republican Congress has completely abdicated