Elon Musk wants to double the number of people working for the Department of Government Performance from 100 people to 200 despite the pseudo-agency’s adverse impact on the rest of his companies.
” We’re a little over 100 at this point. Getting to 200″, Musk told Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow Monday.
” Basically, it’s program people, data security, program people, and fund, you know, it’s generally, yeah, funding and technology”, Musk said about the DOGE staff backgrounds.
As the CEO of X, Tesla, and Space X, Musk has relied on his business skills to cut the federal labor and curb state investing through DOGE. But it has come at a major economic cost.
” How are you running your other firms”? Kudlow inquired during his namesake present.
” With great difficulty”, Musk shot back.
Forbes’s billionaire tracking tool shows that Musk, with a net worth of$ 319.6 billion, has lost$ 22.8 billion since the stock market closed on Friday.
He is however, nevertheless, the world’s richest people.
Monday night, X people were unable to get the social media website, which Musk after said was a attack.
” We’re never sure exactly what happened, but there was a huge attack to try to bring down the X system with Internet lists originating in the Ukraine area”, he said.
Tesla inventory plummeted 15 % Monday, marking its worst business efficiency since September 2020, during the COVID-19 crisis. Since Musk joined the Trump presidency to assist with DOGE, Tesla’s property has fallen every year.
Tesla retailers have been vandalized with fire or even shots in a show of the brand suffering due to Musk’s social work.
” They’re setting fire to several Tesla charging stations near Boston. Shots were fired at a Tesla factory in Oregon, several violent —”, Kudlow said before Musk interrupted him.
” Pictures fired. Never a metaphor”, said Musk before attempting to appear good. ” Often look on the bright side of life”.
” It is difficult skiing. But I think we’re doing the right thing around”, he added.
Kudlow even asked if Musk may agree to direct Expand for another year, to which the technology businessman replied,” Yeah, I think so”.
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Musk originally aimed to slash$ 2 trillion from federal spending but toned down his goal to$ 1 trillion.
” Unless we’re stopped … we will get to a trillion dollars of pocketbook”, Musk told Kudlow.
