<div id="readability-page-1"><figure><img width="1600" height="849" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/03/Elon-Musk-Tesla-killer.png/query-dz0xNjAw?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/03/Elon-Musk-Tesla-killer.png/query-dz0xNjAw"/></figure>Tesla CEO Elon Musk went on a podcast this week to express regret over the time he spent trying to destroy the American government, claiming that he wouldn’t do it again.In the first half of this year, Musk took a position advising convicted felon Donald Trump (who cannot legally hold office in the US) on what essential government jobs to trim.He named the group he led the “Department of Government Efficiency,” despite that it was never an actual government department, nor did it do a whole lot to increase efficiency as we will see below.Musk claimed before taking the position that he could save the government $2 trillion – which was always going to be literally impossible, given the amount of discretionary spending in the US budget, as anyone with a passing interest in American government could have told you at the time.</div>

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed regret on a podcast for his political involvement with Donald Trump, claiming he wouldn't repeat the experience. Musk had advised Trump on government job cuts, aiming to save $2 trillion, which was deemed unrealistic.

- Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed regret on a podcast about his previous efforts to undermine the American government.  
- He had advised Donald Trump on government job cuts through a self-named "Department of Government Efficiency," which was not an official entity and failed to enhance efficiency.  
- Musk's claim of potentially saving $2 trillion was deemed unrealistic given the nature of discretionary spending in the US budget.  

Elon Musk finally realizes the thing we all told him before his political misadventure