Late last year, Elon Musk vowed to cut $2 trillion from the government’s budget with the help of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
It didn’t take long for that number to drop to $1 trillion, indicating little thought had gone into the original calculation.
And judging by the latest news, DOGE is woefully behind even that target. As the New York Times reports, Musk told Donald Trump this week that DOGE anticipated “savings in '26 from reduction of waste and fraud by $150 billion,” referring to the fiscal year that runs from October 2025 to the end of September 2026. (It’s even unclear if Musk meant that the so-called department had saved $150 billion so far, or if that was how much he’s now predicting it would save in total.)
Another bullshit headline. He didn’t admit anything of the sort. He did overpromise and underdeliver, as he always does. This can be construed as a failure. He did not, however, “admit” failure.
Yep. “Musk admits he’s wrong” is as likely to be true as “Real life herd of unicorns discovered in Texas”
As everyone knows, unicorns refuse to set foot in Texas.
Not true. I have it on good authority that when unicorns experience explosive diarrhea, they relieve themselves exclusively upon Texas.
that is in fact why there is a landmass called “texas”. shat out by unicorns, just like that
Obviously.
Not only do I agree with you (the headlines are click-bait telling the audience what they want to hear) but I also love you for using the word “construed”.
My partner and I point out when the other uses an uncommon word. Exercising your vocabulary should be encouraged!
I agree. I mean he’s lied about delivering so many things over the years, why don’t they just point out that it’s another failure.
Instead they twist it into something he didn’t say - and lose credibility. Stupid.