Elon Musk: It’s Not Radical—We’re Just Using Common Sense to Spend Taxpayer Money Wisely

Elon Musk: We're not being draconian or radical, we just follow common sense.

“If your taxpayer dollars are not spent in a sensible and frugal manner, then that's not okay.

Your tax dollars need to be spent wisely on things that matter to the people. I mean, it's just common sense. It's not draconian or radical.

I think it's really just saying, let's look at each of these expenditures and say, is this actually in the best interest of the people? If it is, it's approved. If it's not, we should think about it.”

Press Conference at the White House, February 11, 2025