Elon Musk: The Government Is Just the DMV That Got Big

Elon Musk: I'm a proponent of smaller government, not bigger government.

“I'm a proponent of smaller government, not bigger government. So, if somebody's a proponent of more government programs and bigger government, and they see, hey, DOGE is cutting all these government programs, then they'll be fundamentally opposed to that because they just think the government should do more things.

I guess that's just a fundamental ideological opinion. But my frank opinion of the government is that the government is just like the DMV that got big, okay. So when you say, like, let's have the government do something, you should think, do you want the DMV to do it?”

Interview with CBS News, May 27, 2025