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Elon Musk failed miserably at his purpose to chop $2 trillion in federal spending \u2014 however he did shout out his sleepovers with Donald Trump throughout his time on the White Home.<\/p>\n
In his first (and presumably final) time assembly press within the West Wing, Musk informed reporters from Fox News<\/a><\/em>, Axios<\/em><\/a>, CNN<\/em><\/a>, and a handful of different retailers that his Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) has lower about $160 billion in federal spending.<\/p>\n That\u00a0may sound like a formidable determine, not less than till you do not forget that Musk promised to trim $2 trillion<\/a>, or that the US has already spent $200 billion more<\/em><\/a> than it did throughout the identical interval final yr.<\/p>\n “Within the grand scheme of issues, I believe we have been efficient,” the South African-born billionaire mentioned of his DOGE tenure, which is ending imminently as a result of his special government employee status<\/a> is about to run out. “Not as efficient as I like… however we have made progress.”<\/p>\n Throughout that very same press gaggle, Musk boasted that his DOGE cuts have to this point resulted in a single % of the federal workforce, or about 20,000 individuals, having their jobs slashed. He added that he and his minions have “most likely” gotten the job accomplished proper about “70-80 % of the time.”<\/p>\n The wide-ranging interview wasn’t all about {dollars} and cents.<\/p>\n When requested the place he spends his nights in Washington \u2014 the topic of ample hypothesis, particularly after\u00a0Wired<\/em> revealed<\/a> that he and his employees typically sleep within the DOGE’s Capitol Hill workplaces \u2014 Musk dished that the president had invited him to remain within the White Home on multiple event.<\/p>\n This example arose, per the billionaire’s retelling, when Trump requested Musk the place he was staying one evening.<\/p>\n “I used to be like: ”I do not know. At a pal’s home, I assume,'” the world’s sometimes-richest man informed reporters. “After which he was like: ‘Why do not you keep right here?’ I used to be like: ‘Positive.'”<\/p>\n Whereas Musk refused to say precisely what number of nights he slept over within the White House’s Lincoln bedroom<\/a>, he admitted that it was “greater than as soon as” \u2014 and that on one such event, the president urged him to pattern the kitchen’s ice cream choice.<\/p>\n “He’ll truly name me late evening and say, ‘by the best way, be sure you get ice cream from the kitchen,'” the 53-year-old recounted, per Fox News<\/em><\/a>. “I ate a complete tub of ice cream \u2014 caramel H\u00e4agen-Dazs.”<\/p>\n “Yeah, it is epic,” Musk mentioned. “Do not inform RFK.”<\/p>\n Extra on Musk and Trump:<\/strong> Trump’s New Tariff Rule Is Wildly Convenient for Tesla<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\nWe All Scream<\/h2>\n