Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw on stage at the the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, telling cheering attendees it was “the chainsaw for bureaucracy”.
The chainsaw was handed to Musk by Argentinian President, Javier Milei, who is set to meet with Musk, U.S. President Donald Trump and the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during his visit to Washington.
U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped Tesla CEO Musk to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which has swept through federal agencies slashing thousands of jobs and dismantling federal programs since Trump became president last month and put Musk in charge of rooting out what he deems wasteful spending as part of Trump's dramatic overhaul of government.
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