Rep. Aaron Bean (R-Fla.) discusses whether Doge can effectively execute when Elon Musk returns to “Varney & Co.”
Elon Musk On Saturday, he said he would focus on “24/7” on headlines for X, Tesla and SpaceX, following the X halt that affected more than tens of thousands of worlds in the US.
“Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in a meeting/server/factory room,” posted on X.
The 53-year-old said this week’s X issue “we need to make major operational improvements. Failover redundancy was supposed to work, but it wasn’t.”
Users began experiencing problems Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out at an Oregon data center that morning.
Musk says he plans to continue as Tesla CEO for the next five years.
On Saturday, Elon Musk said he will focus on “24/7” on headlines for X, Tesla and SpaceX after the X suspension that affected tens of thousands of people in the US and thousands around the world. (Beata Zawrzel/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
Earlier this week, Musk told reporters he plans to cut his time. Government Efficiency Bureauor Doge allows you to work as a special government employee only up to 130 days a year.
Musk told White House reporters Wednesday that he was working for Doge. It says it cut $160 billion by firing federal workers and canceling contracts – “7 days a week, or seven days a week,” but now they plan to cut it to nearly one day a week.
“I’m willing to contribute one or two days a week and come to DC for a week to three days as long as the president wants to do that to me,” Musk said. “It’s mainly volunteer organizations.”
Musk is proud of the work Doge has done so far, saying, “In an epic plan of things, we think “it’s not as effective as I want.”
Doge should “definitely” look at the costs of the Federal Reserve, Elon Musk says
Doge has set its target of cutting $2 trillion from its US budget.
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Musk’s work for the Trump administration too Anti-Tesla protest By those who oppose his politics.
He also told Tesla investors last month that he would start limiting his time at Doge in May as the electric car company faces poor sales.
Elon Musk leads the Trump administration’s Office of Government Efficiency. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Looking back at the days of the first 100 days, Musk said, “The first three months have to be very intense, so we understand what’s going on and try to map governments in general.”
“The federal government is a huge beast and is extremely complicated. So if you’re trying to find a way to stop waste and fraud, you have to map the territory,” Musk said. “That takes three months of intense effort and you need to build a team too.”
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“The new administration is like a startup,” Musk continued. “Now we are getting a greater rhythm so we need far less time to spend here and we can go back mainly to running my company.
