Musk drops DOGE target to cut $2 trillion, saying half that would be ‘an epic outcome’

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Elon Musk is lowering the target of his claim that he could cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, now saying half of that would be ideal. 

Musk, a co-chairman of the Department of Government Efficiency, called the $2 trillion target “the best-case outcome” but said $1 trillion would create “no inflation” and “be an epic outcome.” 

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