{"id":2429654,"date":"2025-05-01T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-admits-doge-not-as-effective-as-i-like\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:33:20","slug":"elon-musk-admits-doge-not-as-effective-as-i-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-admits-doge-not-as-effective-as-i-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk admits DOGE &#8216;not as effective as I like&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-admits-doge-not-as-effective-as-i-like%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2429654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk recently admitted that his efforts leading the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) have not been as effective as he had hoped. Established by President Donald Trump to minimize waste and fraud in federal operations, DOGE has already achieved some notable impacts, such as job cuts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-closing-60-bricks-and-mortar-stores\/\" title=\"Disney Closing 60 Bricks-And-Mortar Stores\">significant reductions<\/a> in federal funding. However, Musk will soon step back from his role in overseeing DOGE\u2019s daily functions, indicating he believes the groundwork has been laid and that he will be returning to focus more on Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>In speaking to reporters, Musk acknowledged the challenges and backlash associated with the DOGE initiative, describing it as a difficult endeavor that requires a willingness to deal with public discontent. He related the ethos of DOGE to Buddhism, emphasizing that the initiative is not solely reliant on his presence to continue. Despite facing criticism, Trump expressed gratitude for Musk\u2019s contributions during a cabinet meeting, commending him for his role in revealing the potential for efficiency within government operations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Elon Musk admits DOGE &lsquo;not as effective as I like&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2109782\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> will wind down his time as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">de facto head<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Government Efficiency\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> in the coming weeks, but in speaking with reporters, he admitted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394835\/musk-doge-trump-first-100-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">effort has not been as effective<\/a> as he would have liked.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE was established by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> via executive order on his first day in office, aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-bidens-policies-to-produce-massive-inflation\/\" title=\"Reports: Biden\u2019s policies to produce massive inflation\">cutting waste<\/a> and fraud throughout the federal government. The effort has cut thousands of jobs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-city-accused-of-electioneering-during-early-voting\/\" title=\"Wisconsin City Accused Of Electioneering During Early Voting\">significant federal funds<\/a>, as it seeks to succeed on its goal by its prescribed expiration date of July 4, 2026, the United States&rsquo; 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3397490\/watch-stephen-miller-karoline-leavitt-press-briefing-after-trump-100-days\/\">WATCH LIVE: Stephen Miller and Karoline Leavitt hold press briefing following Trump&#8217;s first 100 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396820\/100-day-report-card-war-on-woke-trump-dei-efforts\/\">100-day&nbsp;report&nbsp;card: Trump makes good on pledge to restore &#8216;common sense&#8217; and kill DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396876\/100-days-can-trump-pull-off-a-second-great-political-comeback\/\">After 100 days, can Trump pull off a second great political comeback?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk spoke with reporters Wednesday after sitting in on a Cabinet meeting in the White House, where he received applause from Cabinet members after Trump alluded to the de facto DOGE head&rsquo;s upcoming departure from day-to-day activities overseeing DOGE. He told analysts last month that he would be spending more time at Tesla beginning in the coming weeks as he claims the work establishing DOGE is largely done, but told reporters Wednesday, while DOGE has been effective, it has not been as much as he would like.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394835\/musk-doge-trump-first-100-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DOGE DWINDLES AFTER TRUMP&rsquo;S FIRST 100 DAYS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the grand scheme of things, I think we&rsquo;ve been effective. Not as effective as I like&hellip;but we&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-ease-ccp-virus-lockdown-from-march-foreign-secretary-says\/\" title=\"UK May Ease CCP Virus Lockdown From March, Foreign Secretary Says\">ve made progress<\/a>,&rdquo; Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/01\/elon-musk-doge-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He also told the outlet that DOGE can only be as effective as people in government, including the administration, are willing to put up with the &ldquo;pain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a long way to go,&rdquo; Musk said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty difficult&hellip;It&rsquo;s like: How much pain is the Cabinet and Congress willing to take? It can be done. But it requires dealing with a lot of complaints.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Members of Congress have been facing frustrated constituents at town halls focused on the DOGE cuts. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Given the hostile environment, the National Republican Congressional Committee instructed members not to host any more. Some members have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3391472\/republican-town-halls-ramp-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">continued to face the voters<\/a><\/span>  and have come back to D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3324230\/republican-frustration-doge-cuts-heightened-lack-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">concerned about the fast pace<\/a> of the cuts.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that winding down his influence over DOGE&rsquo;s daily operations does not mean the initiative will end, likening the efforts of DOGE to Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;DOGE is a way of life, like Buddhism,&rdquo; Musk told the outlet. &ldquo;Buddha isn&rsquo;t alive anymore. You wouldn&rsquo;t ask the question: &lsquo;Who would lead Buddhism?&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s departure from DOGE comes after his personal favorability has taken a hit in the more than 100 days he has been on the job and as people opposed to his efforts have protested and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3336994\/tesla-targeted-violence-protests-elon-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> attacked his other businesses<\/a>, like Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>During his interview with reporters, he acknowledged the intense backlash he has gotten. He said that &ldquo;being attacked relentlessly is not super fun,&rdquo; specifically saying that &ldquo;seeing cars on fire is not fun.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394541\/trump-100-day-report-card-grading-elon-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP&rsquo;S 100-DAY REPORT CARD: GRADING ELON MUSK&rsquo;S DOGE COST CUTTING EFFORTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite negative reception from a large portion of the public, Trump still praised Musk and called him a &ldquo;tremendous help&rdquo; on Wednesday during a cabinet meeting at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have been treated unfairly, but the vast majority of people in this country really respect and appreciate you, and this whole room can say that very strongly,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve really been a tremendous help. You opened up a lot of eyes as to what can be done, and we just want to thank you very much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2109782\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2109782\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk acknowledges DOGE is &#8216;less effective than desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2429655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elon-musk-white-house-cabinet-meeting-april-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577,23466,32192,10680],"class_list":["post-2429654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-elon-musk","tag-finance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elon-musk-white-house-cabinet-meeting-april-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429659,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429654\/revisions\/2429659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}