Tim Walz's 6-Word Response To Elon Musk's Government Exit Is Hilariously Accurate
Listen, Tim Walz is just pointing out that Elon Musk finally did what he said he'd do.
The Democratic Minnesota governor had a pretty clever response to news on Wednesday that Musk was exiting the so-calledDepartment of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
In a simple, six-word response to an Associated Press report breaking the news, Walz hilariously said:
'finally rooting out waste and abuse.'
finally rooting out waste and abuse https://t.co/SQO9akLbMj
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) May 29, 2025
The former vice presidential candidate does have a point.
Musk had initially promised his department would cut $2 trillion from the $7 trillion federal budget by identifying what the White House described as 'waste, fraud and abuse.'
Instead, the tech billionaire and his team caused utter chaos by unlawfully accessing sensitive government data and firing nonpartisan federal employees, most likely illegally, only to hire some of them back. Earlier this month, Musk claimed that DOGE had delivered just a drop in the bucket of his original promise — just $150 billion in cuts — and even that number hasn't been verified.
Walz cracking a joke about Musk's exit also seems fitting because DOGE was literally created as a joke.
Musk first suggested a 'Department of Government Efficiency' or DOGE — a reference to an antiquated internet meme and cryptocurrency that Musk has frequently promoted — as a quip.
When reporters asked Trump during his campaign if he'd consider naming Musk to a Cabinet position, Trump said he would. In response, Musk tweeted a pretty unserious image of himself at a lectern with his stupidly named and made-up agency on it.
'I am willing to serve,' Musk wrote on X alongside the image.
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