""We were a little bit successful. We were somewhat successful," he told Miller, who once worked as a DOGE spokeswoman charged with selling the agency's work to the public. When Miller pressed Musk on whether he would do it all over again, he said: "I don't think so. ... Instead of doing DOGE, I would have, basically, built ... worked on my companies." Almost wistfully, Musk added, "They wouldn't have been burning the cars" - a reference to consumer protests against Tesla."
"Musk was speaking as a guest on the "Katie Miller Podcast," which Miller, who is married to top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, launched after leaving government employment to work for Musk in the private sector. The two sat in chairs facing each other for a conversation that lasted more than 50 minutes and spanned topics from DOGE to Musk's thoughts on AI, social media, conspiracy theories and fashion."
Elon Musk led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but judged the effort only somewhat successful and said he would not repeat it. Musk acknowledged that remaking the federal government quickly proved difficult and that his businesses suffered because of his DOGE work and its lack of popularity. He expressed regret that he spent time on DOGE instead of building his companies and noted consumer protests against Tesla. Musk broadly defended the controversial pop-up agency despite leaving in the spring before it officially shuttered last month. He appeared on the Katie Miller Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation.
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