Elon Musk, along with tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy, is already dispatching DOGE agents across the U.S., before he even plants himself in the White House. The two billionaires have hired around 50 staffers and sent representatives for their nongovernmental "Department of Government Efficiency" to 12 federal agencies so far,

Elon Musk told the political strategist Mark Penn that if DOGE tried to cut $2 trillion, it'd have a "good shot" of ending up at $1 trillion.

In a Wednesday interview on X, Elon Musk said cuts of $2 trillion to the federal budget might not be possible and was a "best-case outcome."