Elon Musk: “Well, let me say perhaps a few words that this is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning. My time as a special government employee necessarily had to end; it was a limited time thing, 134 days, I believe, which ends in a few days. So, that comes with the title. But the DOGE team will only grow stronger over time. The DOGE influence will only grow stronger. It’s akin to a sort of Buddhism—it’s like a way of life. So, it is permeating throughout the government, and I’m confident that, over time, we’ll see a trillion dollars of savings and a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction. The calculations of the DOGE team thus far, in terms of an FY25 to FY26 delta, are over 160 billion and that’s climbing. We expect that number will probably go over 200 billion soon. So, I think the DOGE team is doing an incredible job; they’re going to continue doing an incredible job. And I’ll continue to be visiting here and be a friend and advisor to the President, and I look forward to one day being back in this amazing room. By the way, isn’t this incredible? Like, this incredible… I mean, it’s stunning, I think, the way that the Oval Office—the President has just completely redone the Oval Office. It’s beautiful, I love the gold on the ceiling.”
