Musk appeared on Fox News to discuss DOGE’s work to eliminate waste and fraud.
Elon Musk has praised the work of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and said “legitimate recipients” of Social Security will receive “more money, not less” as a result of its cost-cutting efforts.
Musk made the comments during an appearance on Fox News’s “Special Report,” which aired on March 27, alongside other DOGE officials in response to questioning by host Bret Baier.
Baier asked Musk, who serves as a special adviser to President Donald Trump, how he could reassure Americans that the work DOGE is doing to target fraud and abuse and slash waste in the federal government will not impact their benefits.
In response, the billionaire businessman said that the work the advisory committee is doing will “help their benefits.”
“I want to emphasize that, as a result of the work of DOGE, legitimate recipients of Social Security will receive more money, not less money,” he said.
Musk did not provide further details regarding how DOGE’s work would boost Americans’ Social Security benefits but said that his comments “will be proven out to be true” and “let the record show that I said this.”
The tech entrepreneur, who the White House has confirmed is a “special government employee,” noted during the interview that he can only work on government business for 130 days each year.
When asked by Baier if he plans to stay past that 130-day period, Musk said he believes DOGE will have accomplished much of the work required to reduce the deficit by $1 trillion, or roughly 15 percent, within that timeframe.
“Our goal is to reduce waste and fraud by $4 billion a day, every day, seven days a week,” Musk said. “So far, we are succeeding.”
Some experts have said that DOGE will not be able to cut the deficit by 15 percent without impacting critical government services.
Musk said, however, that this was not the case.
“The government is not efficient, and there is a lot of waste and fraud, so we feel confident that a 15 percent reduction can be done without affecting any of the critical government services,” he said.
