Elon Musk, as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), took center stage at Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of his second term, outlining his aggressive plans to cut federal spending.
The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO presented DOGE’s mission as an urgent effort to prevent what he called an impending fiscal collapse, citing unsustainable $2 trillion deficits and rising interest payments that now exceed US Defence Department spending.
Musk’s role in Trump’s administration has come under increasing scrutiny, including from congressional Republicans, as his budget-cutting initiatives disrupt federal agencies.
Wearing a black ‘Make America Great Again’ hat and a T-shirt reading “Tech Support,” he claimed that outdated government computer systems were a major source of inefficiencies.