Musk calls Doge only ‘somewhat successful’ and says he would not do it again

Speaking on a rightwing podcast, the billionaire said he would not go back and lead the job-cutting program again

Elon Musk has said the aggressive federal job-cutting program he headed early in Donald Trump's second term, known as the department of government efficiency" (Doge), was only a little bit successful" and he would not lead the project again.

Musk said he wouldn't want to repeat the exercise, talking on the podcast hosted by Katie Miller, a rightwing personality with a rising profile who was a Doge adviser and who is married to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's hardline anti-immigration deputy chief of staff.