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How Musk responded to that pushback is coming up after this break. On Wednesday, Trump convened his first cabinet meeting. Reporters were there, Elon Musk was there, and that five-point email came up.
The question came after reports that some cabinet officials had complained to the White House about the suddenness of Doge's moves, including unannounced incursions onto their turf and some of Musk's tweets.
The question came after reports that some cabinet officials had complained to the White House about the suddenness of Doge's moves, including unannounced incursions onto their turf and some of Musk's tweets.
The question came after reports that some cabinet officials had complained to the White House about the suddenness of Doge's moves, including unannounced incursions onto their turf and some of Musk's tweets.
Another reporter questioned how the cabinet was feeling about Doge's actions.
Another reporter questioned how the cabinet was feeling about Doge's actions.
Another reporter questioned how the cabinet was feeling about Doge's actions.
And Trump immediately jumped in.
And Trump immediately jumped in.
And Trump immediately jumped in.
Trump backed Musk's actions. And the White House press secretary said that everyone is working together as one unified team. Quote, any notion to the contrary is false. Trump's support means Doge will keep moving forward with slashing government spending. So far, Doge claims it's already saved the government billions.
Trump backed Musk's actions. And the White House press secretary said that everyone is working together as one unified team. Quote, any notion to the contrary is false. Trump's support means Doge will keep moving forward with slashing government spending. So far, Doge claims it's already saved the government billions.
Trump backed Musk's actions. And the White House press secretary said that everyone is working together as one unified team. Quote, any notion to the contrary is false. Trump's support means Doge will keep moving forward with slashing government spending. So far, Doge claims it's already saved the government billions.
— $50 billion. — $55 billion. — $65 billion in savings. Doge now says it's saving the government $65 billion. But a Wall Street Journal analysis found Doge's claims are overstated.
— $50 billion. — $55 billion. — $65 billion in savings. Doge now says it's saving the government $65 billion. But a Wall Street Journal analysis found Doge's claims are overstated.
— $50 billion. — $55 billion. — $65 billion in savings. Doge now says it's saving the government $65 billion. But a Wall Street Journal analysis found Doge's claims are overstated.
Doge says it's canceled $7 billion in contracts. But the journal analysis projects that number is closer to $2.6 billion. In part, that's because a lot of those contracts have already been paid. So canceling them doesn't save any money. When we first started hearing about this effort, this Doge effort, Musk was saying he wanted to save $2 trillion. How close do you think Doge will get to that?
Doge says it's canceled $7 billion in contracts. But the journal analysis projects that number is closer to $2.6 billion. In part, that's because a lot of those contracts have already been paid. So canceling them doesn't save any money. When we first started hearing about this effort, this Doge effort, Musk was saying he wanted to save $2 trillion. How close do you think Doge will get to that?
Doge says it's canceled $7 billion in contracts. But the journal analysis projects that number is closer to $2.6 billion. In part, that's because a lot of those contracts have already been paid. So canceling them doesn't save any money. When we first started hearing about this effort, this Doge effort, Musk was saying he wanted to save $2 trillion. How close do you think Doge will get to that?