Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.

Elon Musk has slept on Tesla's factory floor and instructed SpaceX employees to walk out of meetings where they aren't adding value.

The boss of Tesla and the social media site X, Elon Musk, suggested last month at Donald Trump’s rally in New York City that it would be possible to cut “at least $2 trillion” from US government spending by eradicating “waste”.

Elon Musk, widely recognized as a prominent innovator of our era, has made significant strides in various industries through his companies. His ventures include Tesla, which has popularized electric vehicles;

Elon Musk believes in the power of games to motivate society. Psychologists say he's onto something but it will take complex engineering to get right.

Elon Musk dropped a financial truth bomb recently, saying all government spending is taxation. Whether it’s drained directly through income taxes or silently stolen via inflation, taxpayers are footing the bill.