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Elon Musk: “We became essentially the Doge boogeyman, where if you know…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Elon Musk and President Trump Discuss Government Efficiency and Economic Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 25:28

Yes. So what we found was happening was that if there were any cuts anywhere, then people would assume that was done by Doge. And so We became essentially the Doge boogeyman, where if you know, any cut anywhere would be ascribed to Doge. You know, a friend of mine's daughter who's at law school at Georgetown thought that Doge had cut the Senate. You know, the internships, the legal internships for the Senate. (25:28–25:36)

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Asserts that Doge was blamed for any cuts made, regardless of their involvement.

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