Elon Musk flip-flops on DOGE, says it has no power: ‘We are merely advisors’

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Elon Musk flip-flops on DOGE, says it has no power: ‘We are merely advisors’

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Elon Musk said at the Qatar Economic Forum Tuesday DOGE has no power to enforce its major cost cuts and serves merely as an advisor. On the subject of Musk’s originally-stated $2 trillion cost-cutting goal for DOGE, the world’s richest man placed the blame on people in the three branches…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-20 17:42:37.