Elon Musk Confesses DOGE Was 'Somewhat Successful,' Won't Do It Again
KEY POINTS
- •Elon Musk described his 2025 involvement in DOGE as 'somewhat successful' during Katie Miller's podcast interview.
- •Miller, formerly Vice President Pence's press secretary and married to Trump adviser Stephen Miller, worked with Musk on federal budget cuts.
- •Musk and Miller both left the Trump administration in May and August respectively, with Musk admitting he wouldn't tackle DOGE again.
In a stunning mid-2025 political plot twist, Elon Musk admitted on Katie Miller's podcast that DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency, not your crypto pet rock—was 'somewhat successful.' Musk, who launched massive federal spending cuts with Miller's PR help before ghosting the Trump admin in May amid a presidential falling out, now says he'd nope out if asked to run DOGE again. Miller, ex-Mike Pence press secretary and wife to Stephen Miller (Trump’s top policy pal), stuck around till August before leaving to podcast herself. So yes, a Musk-led government slimming went okay-ish, but don’t expect a sequel.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE project was ‘somewhat successful,’ which in government lingo means barely holding water while trying not to sink the Titanic again.
When Elon says 'somewhat successful,' you know it’s like telling your stalker you’re 'sort of busy' while hiding in a broom closet.
Musk cutting government jobs was the political equivalent of firing your barista for bad coffee—dramatic but probably still left you thirsty.
Source: Axios | Published: 12/9/2025 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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