Trump and Musk appear together in the Oval Office to defend the work of DOGE

Elon Musk takes questions from reporters as President Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.

President Trump and Musk stood by their cost-cutting efforts. They said "billions" in waste had already been discovered, but offered few specifics on how they were arriving at those estimates.

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