Elon Musk drops $2 trillion savings promise… to $150 billion

The guy who recently stated at CPAC that he’s “just living the meme”, Elon Musk, is once again changing the results he’s been promising for months.

Elon Musk now admits his Department of Government Efficiency will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u…

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-13T19:27:41.265Z

He recently admitted to having significantly reduced the savings he promised to Americans once again.

This, despite brutal cuts with no regard to the government apparatus and despite a first downward revision of almost half announced a few weeks earlier.

Originally, he promised nothing less than $2,000 billion in savings thanks to the cuts by DOGE!

This promise was reduced by half once, then a second time, to the point where only $150 billion in savings remains on the table in a context where the federal budget approaches $7,000 billion.

According to the New York Times, barely 15% of the savings announced by Musk would be truly achievable.

The rest would be based on inflated figures and approximations: according to the newspaper, Musk would include exaggerated amounts, predict uncertain future spending, and count funds that would only be committed during the next budget cycle.

Several of the savings put forward by DOGE have proven to be false or greatly exaggerated.

Certain “discovered frauds” had already been discovered under the previous administration, and blatant errors have been pointed out, such as an $8 million contract presented wrongly as a savings of $8 billion.

Experts point to a serious lack of rigor and transparency.

Surprised?