Musk Admits his DOGE Hasn’t been as Advertised….

That isn’t gonna make those Federal Employee’s that Musk & Co. has beat up feel any better…

But his cuts have NOT been nearly as large as he got done,  and tried to sell,  as he gets ready to leave the government stage….

The US Government has NOT been anything like Twitter….

‘Not as effective as I’d like’

Reflecting on his first 100 days, Musk acknowledged that while his team had made progress, claiming to have saved the American taxpayers $160 billion so far, “we haven’t been as effective as I’d like.”

“I think we’ve been effective, not as effective as I’d like, I think we could be more effective, but we made progress,” he said.

Musk initially said at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden that DOGE would save the country “at least $2 trillion” in federal spending, before later lowering the goal to $1 trillion. Asked whether DOGE could still reach its stated goal of cutting $1 trillion in federal spending, Musk said Wednesday the target remains “possible” but admitted “it’s really difficult” and he will need more support.

“I think it’s possible to do that, but there’s that. It’s a long road to go and, you know, this, this, this really, it’s really difficult,” he said. “But our rate of savings per day is pretty good. You know, we’re like, $1.6 billion a day, 100 days in.”

Musk claimed that if DOGE is going to get to $1 trillion in cuts, it may come down to “how much pain is the cabinet and Congress willing to take. It can be done, but it requires dealing with a lot of complaints.”

Musk criticized the structure of federal budgeting as a default to “spend what you did last year plus 5% indefinitely,” comparing the challenge of reform to “changing the direction of a fleet of supertankers.”

“We are making as much progress as we can there’s a lot of inertia in the government… So, it’s like, it’s not easy. This is, this is a way to make a lot of enemies and not that many friends.”

Pressed again, Musk said success was “absolutely” possible — but contingent on more political support.

“Is there a sufficient political will in Congress and elsewhere to actually do that? It remains to be seen. If we can do it. We will, is it? Is it possible to do, yes.”

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He said he expects DOGE to last Trump’s full term, though the executive order establishing it currently expires in July 2026. “It is ultimately up to President Trump,” he said….

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