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Musk's historic role showed that even a chainsaw can't cut federal bloat

Musk's historic role showed that even a chainsaw can't cut federal bloat

Elon Musk left Washington acknowledging the immense difficulty of the task he undertook. It involved parsing through the federal budget line by line, while every cut, and even those DOGE wasn't responsible for, was ripped apart by opponents who fueled sharp and sometimes violent public backlash.

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