Musk Changes Tune, Says He's Not Behind Government Firings

Earlier this year, unelected White House advisor and billionaire Elon Musk made a splashy appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, wielding a golden chainsaw gifted to him by Argentina's president and self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei. Photos show the richest man in the world brandishing the chainsaw — a particularly unsubtle symbol for the ruthless cutting of government spending — and hoisting it above his head with a gleeful rictus. The striking appearance served as a strained metaphor for Musk's efforts to systematically gut the US government from the inside out with the help of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which he — for all intents and purposes — leads. "We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper," he boasted even earlier in February, referring to the organization responsible for supplying aid around the world. "Could [have] gone to some great parties. Did that instead." In other words, it seems crystal clear ... Read full article.