Democrats train fire on Musk as unelected billionaire dips in popularity

Leaders on left bet on Musk's bravado to pull party out of political weeds as CEO eyes social security and health cuts

For most of the 17-minute interview, Elon Musk stuck to a script. He was just a tech guy on a mission to eliminate waste and fraud" from government.

His slash-and-burn cost-cutting crusade was making good progress actually", he told the Fox Business commentator Larry Kudlow on Monday, despite sparking a backlash that has reverberated far beyond Washington.