Mar 10, 2025 - Business

Musk plans to double DOGE staff amid federal government cuts

Rebecca Falconer

White House Senior Advisor to the President and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk departs the U.S. Capitol Building on March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. — Elon Musk, White House senior adviser to the president and Tesla and SpaceX CEO, at the U.S. Capitol last week. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Elon Musk said Monday DOGE's staff are "pretty much" in every government department and he's looking to roughly double the number on the cost-cutting team he's the face of.

Why it matters: The Trump administration's DOGE-driven mass firings of federal workers have faced multiple legal challenges and resistance from some Republican lawmakers who are facing the impacts the department's cuts will have on their constituents and states.

Driving the news: Musk said on Fox Business Network's "Kudlow" Monday DOGE is "trying to act broadly across all departments, so it's not just one department at a time" and the department is "pretty much" in all of them now.

Musk told host Larry Kudlow the DOGE team currently comprises "a little over 100" staff and "we're going to get to 200."
Kudlow asked the world's richest person and senior adviser to the president where he's recruiting from.
"Basically, it's software people, information security software people and finance," Musk said. "It's basically, yes, finance and technology."

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