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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino

INSANE: Democrats train fire on musk as unelected billionaire dips in popularity - The Real Truth

graphic of bernie sanders, in blue, and elon musk, in red, boxing
Democrats pounced shortly after Musk suggested social security, Medicaid and Medicare would be a target of cuts. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

For most of the 17-minute interview, Elon Musk stuck to a script. He was just a tech guy on a mission to “eliminate waste and fraud” from government.

His slash-and-burn cost-cutting crusade was making “good progress actually”, he told the Fox Business commentator Larry Kudlow on Monday, despite sparking a backlash that has reverberated far beyond Washington.

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