- Elon Musk wore a T-shirt with the words “tech support” during a speech to business leaders in Dubai.
- Musk previously referred to himself as “White House Tech Support” in his X bio.
- Musk heads up DOGE, which has led the Trump White House’s efforts to cut federal spending.
Elon Musk wore a black T-shirt with the words “tech support” across its middle during his latest address to global business leaders.
The T-shirt was likely a nod to Musk’s previous bio on X, where he described himself as “White House Tech Support.”
Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was speaking at Dubai’s annual World Governments Summit on Thursday via a video link.
DOGE has been instrumental in President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut government spending.
During his address, Musk said the US needs to get rid of entire federal agencies.
“I think we do need to delete entire agencies, as opposed to leave part of them behind,” he said.
“It’s kind of like leaving a weed,” Musk added. “If you don’t remove the roots of the weed, then it’s easy for the weed to grow back.”
Musk’s speech came amid concern from lawmakers and watchdog organizations about DOGE’s access to Treasury systems containing sensitive information about millions of Americans.
Musk showed little sign of wanting to slow down.
He told the audience that reducing government spending would have a “remarkable” effect.
“If the deficit drops from two trillion to one trillion, then there will be one trillion less debt, and, of course, the interest rates will drop significantly, and that means people’s mortgage payments, car payments, credit card payments, student loans — whatever debt they have — their debt will be less,” he said.
Musk, who founded SpaceX and owns social media platform X, said the US could be thought of as a “big company,” comparing it to Twitter, which he renamed X after buying it for $44 billion in 2022.
“In Twitter’s case, we reduced the staff by 80% but at the same time improved the functionality and the capabilities of the site dramatically,” he said.
Regarding the US, Musk said: “It’s like a corporate turnaround but at a much larger scale.”
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