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Summary

Elon Musk, co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency under Donald Trump’s advisory team, revised his claim of finding $2 trillion in federal budget cuts to a “best-case outcome” of $1 trillion.

Musk’s earlier target, dismissed as unrealistic by experts, had included the entire discretionary budget of $1.7 trillion.

While Musk and co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy plan to recommend cuts, specifics remain unclear.

Experts warn savings may require targeting mandatory programs like Medicaid, potentially causing hardships.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If RFK is crazy because a worm ate part of his brain, it seems like Enron Musk may have had drugs that are the equivalent of 2 worms.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's been known to, shall we say, "macrodose" ketamine at parties.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I have macro dosed ketamine and I know that there are no 2 trillion to cut in the government of the US.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Yes, but how often have you done it and were you stupid to begin with?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 23 hours ago

Yeah a lot of people who know nothing about ketamine love to blame it for Musk's idiocy.

Dude is just a moron no matter what drugs he takes.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 23 hours ago

Not to mention overdosing on money and ego. That stuff makes a person crazy.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

next year they'll raise the deficit by $2T and start saying that they saved $2T off of a $4T raise to the budget

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The second trillion will be found when DOGE Block 3 rolls out, and Elon's gonna need ... $5 billion dollars for DOGE Block 2 and 3.

(DOGE Block 2 will find the first trillion, after DOGE Block 1 is later revised down to 750 billion)

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Ahh, his administration hasn't even officially begun and already we have the Memberberry shadow president. I think someone should have t-shirts made up.

The next 4-years are going to be.... I honestly have NFC.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Richest man in the world can't afford the time and expense to shave?

That scruff looks bad at all levels.

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

Too busy becoming the top-ranked Diablo player.

[–] BlazarNGC@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

MF’ing d-bag backs down on his B.S.

Now that’s news!

You don't say...

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