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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting at DOGE has been a colossal failure. But he has achieved something more dangerous

After 128 days as Donald Trump's chainsaw-wielding bureaucratic executioner, Elon Musk says he is leaving government.

As the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Musk has a long history of failed forecasts and broken promises, and he has given mixed signals about his future involvement with the Trump administration.

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