Podcaster Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, founder and chief government of SpaceX and Tesla, Inc., who’s heading up President Donald Trump’s DOGE, each agreed that it’s time for america to cease spending cash it doesn’t have.
“We really need to stop spending money unless we’re sure it’s good value,” Musk mentioned in a podcast interview with Rogan on “The Joe Rogan Experience” printed on Friday.
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A federal worker spoke to CNN about how Elon Musk-lead DOGE despatched an e mail demanding federal staff share an account of their final week’s work. (CNN)
“So essentially, we’re like a poorly managed business with an unlimited credit line that is off the rails,” Rogan mentioned.
“Absolutely,” Musk responded.
Musk’s e mail final weekend asking federal staff to record their 5 accomplishments over the previous work week sparked controversy that was the discuss of cable information and podcasts.
Rogan, who has beforehand mentioned that he’s not affiliated with any political celebration, mentioned that Musk is doing what he does finest.
“And if you were a person like you are who comes in and takes over businesses and straightens them out, that’s exactly what you’re doing,” Rogan mentioned.
Rogan noticed parallels between Musk’s measures with DOGE and his dealing with of X, previously generally known as Twitter. In April 2022, Musk turned the most important shareholder of X when he purchased a 9.2% stake within the social media website.
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CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter responded to Elon Musk demanding federal staff record their accomplishments throughout a phase on “Inside Politics.” (CNN screenshot)
“I mean, most of the time, I create businesses from scratch,” Musk mentioned. “Like Twitter was a case where, you know, I kind of bought a company that I kind of knew was a hair pull.”
Musk additionally took credit score for making Tesla profitable.
“Tesla did not exist in any meaningful form,” Musk mentioned. “There were no employees. J. B. Straubel joined three other people, but there was no car, there was nothing.”
The corporate was additionally with no prototype, the tech mogul mentioned.
“That’s a funny narrative, that people like to say that you didn’t even create Tesla,” Rogan mentioned.
Musk mentioned he and the DOGE have their work lower out for them.
“As bad as Twitter was, the federal government is much worse,” Musk mentioned. “So you know, in the case of Twitter, it wasn’t a profitable company. It was like basically a break-even company, but at least it was break-even, and it had to pass an audit. The federal government is not break-even, it’s literally losing $2 trillion a year, and it does not pass its audits, it fails its own audits.”
Elon Musk and protesters in opposition to DOGE’s auditing of varied federal businesses. (Getty Photographs)
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