Elon Musk, the head of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has defended extensive cuts within the US government while acknowledging there have been mistakes and will be more.
In an address to media on Tuesday local time while standing alongside the president in the Oval Office, Mr Musk joked that the scrutiny over his sprawling influence over federal agencies was like a “daily proctology exam.”
He also claimed that DOGE’s work was being shared on its website and X, the social media platform he owns.
The DOGE website, however, has no information and the postings on X often lack many details — including which programs are being cut and where the organisation has access.
US President Donald Trump signed a new…
