Musk eyes $1 trillion spending cut, walking back earlier goal
Iulian Moșneagu
WASHINGTON Elon Musk , who has been tasked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead a government efficiency commission, has acknowledged his goal of slashing federal spending would be tricky, now eyeing $1 trillion in cuts, half his original goal. On Trump's campaign trail, Musk vowed to lower federal spending by $2 trillion, a whopping 30 percent cut from 2024. But the world's richest person said in a discussion streamed online Jan. 8 evening: "We'll try for $2 trillion. I think that's like the
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