The failure of Elon Musk's much-hyped Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) culminated not with an apology, but with a bizarre defence involving baby pandas. The agency, which promised to deliver trillions in savings, was dissolved eight months ahead of schedule, marking a deeply humiliating end to a short and controversial tenure.
Musk, who briefly headed the initiative, has since dismissed the failure with a strange analogy, suggesting that waste and fraud are simply disguised by sympathetic causes. His comments came just before the formal winding down of the department was reported.
