"Savings" they will find:

• any agencies that monitor, counteract or release reports on Putin and Russian activity

• agencies that regulate electric vehicle production or road safety

• Agencies that regulate space flight and aerial pollution

• The NLRB, OSHA and whichever agencies work to oppose child labor

• agencies that regulate pharmaceutical pump and dump schemes

• agencies that regulate emerald mines

• The CFPB

• agencies that monitor ethics among government employees

• agencies that regulate recreational ketamine, ritalin and cocaine use

• child protective services and agencies that intervene in spousal abuse

• anecdotes that certify or otherwise support divorce attorneys

• agencies that originate, maintain and enforce restraining orders

• agencies that track and publish flight information to enable safer travel between all of the aircraft simultaneously in the sky.

• agencies that allow for the creation, distribution and use of rape kits (yes, even though there's a backlog. You're very clever)

• Agencies that keep a database of all people with small, odd shaped penises that no longer get hard....

$2 Trillion was more than the discretionary budget of the US. It literally couldn't be done.

Which is why it was a stupid promise and literally anyone with any expertise could tell you that. Which shows you how unserious Musk is about this.

Now that he cut the promise in half and it's still politically impossible but not literally impossible, I reiterate my request...say how you plan to do it. Give us a rough idea what programs are being cut, even the easiest 20%.

By having the conversation about the number alone, we're buying his political premise. The money is not there for no reason, these are democratically popular government programs, that's why they exist. So which popular programs are you getting rid of to save this money?

If they go after Medicaid or Medicare it might bring more attention to how fucked up insurance is for Americans. I don't want them to be empowered to make any suggestions, but this might just bring a tense situation to a head.

of course you can't you stupid fuck.

fucking troglodyte pretends he's iron man when he can't do basic arithmetic.

Likely because he refuses to put his own stuff under that microscope

Can we take a moment to acknowledge a few billionaires made their own government department, and people are just rolling with it?

They're a random private company. Why are we just letting that fact slide???

Man who lies endlessly caught lying again. More at 7.

Seriously what an unexpected outcome....

The one trillion difference needs to be paid back from his salary and a potential salary claw back for this underperformance.

Elon is such a dumbass.

Edit: I'm sorry, *President Elon is such a dumbass.

And Trump won't bring down grocery prices. I really wish Americans were smarter. It's going to be a rough ride. At least I'm not going to have to subscribe to the NYT to see the obituary that I want to.

It’ll be 2 million, and way less than the amount the DOGE department manages to embezzle itself.

Wherever he cut, you can safely assume it will only hit the people at the bottom, not those at the top.

i’m actually kind of shocked he admitted this. isn’t his usual strategy to promise super unrealistic things, not deliver, and then make the same promise the next year?

If he cuts anything it’ll be support for middle class and poor people and itll be jack shit, it will fuck everything up and it will be touted by clowns as a success.

Anyone who actually believed they would find $2 trillion was an idiot, the rest of us knew they'd just cut the things they hate, bump the subsidies that favor them and their friends, and call it a day.

Remember when he landed people on Mars in 2022?

This doesn't look good for Elon. Lucky for him that he's the president.

Gasp. Lying cunt lied cuntily.

Oh please, you're not even going to get $100 billion without stepping on some toes in the Military-Industrial complex, and that's going to make you some lifelong political enemies.

It's all going to be healthcare / social safety nets, and it's going to be dwarfed by the tax cuts Trump gives people.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED by this revelation!

Those two clowns couldn't find their own asses in a dark room with both hands and a flashlight.