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In an interview with Fox ’s Larry Kudlow on Monday , billionaire Elon Musk admitted that his participation with the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) , Donald Trump ’s initiative to reduce Union outgo , is make it tough to run his many clientele : X , Tesla , xAI , SpaceX , The Boring Company , Neuralink , and Starlink .
“ How are you running your other businesses ? ” Kudlow ask at one point .
“ With great difficulty , ” Musk replied . “ candidly , I ca n’t conceive I ’m here doing this . ”
Musk and DOGE , which has around 100 staffers — a number that Musk expects to climb up to 200 — have been criticized for overpromising and underdelivering on outlay cuts across U.S government agencies . Government contracting expert say that DOGE ’s online record of reductionscontains inaccurate informationandinflates claims of “ savings ” by including misdirect mathematics about contract cancellations .
DOGE has also put the U.S. ’s data and computing infrastructure at risk through its work , according to cybersecurity analysts . DOGE staffer , some of whom have short experience work with political science systems , have reportedly accessed way data through unsafe means and simulate that data onto unprotected servers .
While Musk complain that his study give notice DOGE has stretched him thin , the billionaire has been accused of using the opening to weaken regulations that supervise his business ventures .
DOGE has gutted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , which was poised to expand supervision of peer - to - peer payment systems , include X’supcoming virtual notecase product . It has reduced staff at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , whichhad open up probesinto the dangers posed by Tesla ’s help driving technology . Elsewhere , DOGE has fired provisional employees at the Federal Aviation Administration , which had purpose penalties for safety violations at SpaceX. And DOGE has pushed for significant staff excision at the Securities and Exchange Commission , with whichMuskhasalong - runningfeud .
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When call for by Kudlow if he would stretch out his involvement in DOGE by “ another year , ” Musk said , “ Yeah . ”
“ We ’re just induce things done , as oppose to writing a reputation , ” Musk lend . “ Like , reports do n’t imply anything . You ’ve capture to really take legal action . ”
