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Musk Takes Chainsaw to Washington Swamp


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“You can save billions, sometimes in an hour,” the DOGE chief says. BY MARK SWANSON


lon musk, senior adviser to President Donald Trump and the driving force behind the Department of Govern-


ment Efficiency, unveiled the “chain- saw for bureaucracy” at February’s Conservative Political Action Con- ference during a live broadcast on Newsmax TV. After his interview with Newsmax host Rob Schmitt, Argentine Presi-


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dent Javier Milei walked on stage and presented Musk with a chainsaw. “This is the chainsaw for bureau-


cracy,” Musk bellowed to the crowd. During his successful presidential


election campaign in 2022, Milei, an economist and former media person- ality, frequently brandished a chain- saw to underscore how he would cut public spending and sharply reduce the number of ministries in Argen- tina’s government. Milei showed up to campaign


rallies with a functioning chainsaw — and his supporters followed suit with replicas — that represented his demonization of a group he called “the political caste.” At CPAC, Musk detailed for the


host of Rob Schmitt Tonight how easy it is to cut waste in the federal govern- ment, given its scale. “People ask me, what’s the most surprising thing that you’ve encoun- tered when you go to D.C.? “And I said, well, the most surpris-


“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy,” Musk bellowed to the crowd.


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