Elon Musk initially pledged to cut some $2 trillion from the federal budget, alongside his DOGE partner, politician Vivek Ramaswamy.

I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting one,” Musk said, during a recent live streamed conversation on his platform, X. He added that eliminating $2 trillion was “like, the best-case outcome.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to co-lead the new advisory Department of Government Efficiency, has admitted the agency likely won’t make the $2 trillion in federal budget cuts he originally promised.