Musk says he 'got carried away' with Trump politics

Elon Musk told The Economist he got 'a little too involved' in politics after his involvement with DOGE and the Trump administration. He defended federal workforce reductions, claiming affected organizations were 'fraudulent.'

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Musk on his involvement in politics: 'I got carried away'

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Tech mogul Elon Musk reflected on his brief venture into politics in a new interview released Thursday, suggesting he "got carried away." "I think I got a little too involved in politics," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO told The Economist. "I got carried away frankly." Musk took an increased interest in politics amid the 2024...

Musk says he “got carried away” with DOGE

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Elon: Sorry, I got carried away with my nature of being a total fucking asshole. www.ms.now/news/elon-mu... The trillionaire tech CEO and architect of Trump’s derided Department of Government Efficiency, said he got “a little too involved in politics.”