Elon Musk said that wielding a chainsaw at CPAC "lacked empathy." "Milei gave me the chainsaw backstage and I ran with it," he wrote on X. Musk is now in a deadlock with Trump over the president's big spending bill. Elon Musk said that brandishing a chainsaw onstage in February probably wasn't such a good idea.

In at least seven major departments or agencies, DOGE secured the power to view records that experts say could benefit Elon Musk’s businesses for years.

Now that Elon Musk has officially left his position with DOGE, uncertainty surrounds the stimulus checks he promoted.