Trump Calls for Elon and DOGE To Get “More Aggressive” with Cuts

President Trump has urged Elon Musk to get “more aggressive” in identifying potential waste and cuts in government, as leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

“Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive,” Trump wrote on Saturday on his social-media site, Truth Social.

“Remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately, to make greater than ever before. MAGA!”

The billionaire Tesla CEO was quick to respond in the affirmative: “Will do, Mr President,” he wrote on X.

President Trump’s call for increased action came after Musk appeared at CPAC, where he bore aloft a gleaming chainsaw and shouted “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!” in imitation of Argentina’s President Javier Milei, who was also in attendance.

In the first month of Trump’s second term, DOGE have reported cost savings of $55 billion as a result of canceled grants, sales of assets, firings, and terminations of leases and contracts.

Musk has emphasized the need for DOGE to act quickly and cut deep, because America’s growing national debt is becoming unserviceable.

“We either solve the deficit, or all we’ll be doing is paying debt,” he said in a recent interview with Fox News.

“It’s got to be solved, or there’s no medical care, there’s no Social Security, there’s no nothing. It’s got to be solved. “It’s not optional,” Musk said. “America will go bankrupt if this is not done.

DOGE has an 18-month goal to cut $2 trillion in federal spending before its dissolution, scheduled for Independence Day 2026.