Even Donald Trump doubted Elon Musk’s ability to cut $1 trillion in federal spending.
“Was it all bulls–t?” Trump asked advisers of Musk’s cost-cutting under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Wall Street Journal reported in a behind-the-scenes look at the pair’s working relationship.
Musk pledged to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget but ultimately managed to cut only $170 billion, according to DOGE’s own calculations, which have themselves been called into question.
I dislike the use of the term “cut”.
If I don’t buy food for my family this week can I really brag that I’ve cut my family budget?
Close. A fuller analogy is you don’t buy food for your family for the week and you hope little Timmy suffers or dies as a result. Because you don’t like little Timmy.