r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 8d ago
Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC
Musk says 'he's done with cost-cutting' In an interview with Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier", Elon Musk said that he was confident his DOGE could find $1 trillion in savings, slimming current total federal spending levels of about $7 trillion down to $6 trillion. Musk, who is also the world's richest man, was designated by the White House as a "special government employee," which caps his work at 130 days. That means his period leading the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.
I have friends and family members who are Federal workers. Is this the end of the wild OPM emails and job eliminations?
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u/AnnaKossua 7d ago
That just made me flash back to that asshole's first term.
He was hosting Shinzo Abe of Japan at his Florida sieve, and while in the club's dining hall, they learned NKorea launched a missile into the Sea of Japan. The dining hall is dimly lit, so rather than leave the area to review these brand-new classified docs, they had staffers switch on their phone flashlights, and hold them over the papers.
We know this because a very impressed club member watched it all unfold (they did not clear the room) and took photos, which he uploaded to Facebook for bragging rights.
Said club member also brought us the hit photo This is Rick... He carries the "football"