Elon Musk takes familiar fraud, waste claims to Joe Rogan with DOGE discussion

In one of his first in-depth interviews since joining the U.S. government, Elon Musk pushed a variety of claims about waste and fraud but offered little new information or insight into the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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Can you trust Elon Musk and his ‘DOGE’ claims about government fraud?

American people deserve answers about what these Washington outsiders-turned-insiders are up to
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Musk says he will “check with the President” about the plan, but DOGE has already overstated some of its savings claims.
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