Elon Musk used the first few minutes of Tesla’s earnings call to defend his actions with DOGE saying “the work that we’re doing there is actually very important” and “the DOGE team has made a lot of progress in addressing waste and fraud.”
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He then accused all of the protesters – thousands across the globe – of being paid to do so without providing any evidence. He said the protesters are “protesting because they’re receiving fraudulent money, or the recipients of waste.”
Musk said that starting next month, he’d be allocating more of his time at Tesla “now that the major work of government efficiency is done.”
He later appeared to contradict himself, stating he would stay involved at least through the rest of Trump’s term to ensure “that the waste and fraud that we stopped does not come roaring back.”
