Although President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been suggesting for months the idea of turning the Department of Government Efficiency’s reported savings into $5,000 stimulus checks for Americans, Musk appears to have backtracked on the idea, The Hill reported.
When asked whether he had any update on DOGE checks being sent out to Americans, Musk noted that though it is “somewhat up to the Congress and maybe the president as to whether specific checks are cut,” reducing “wasteful spending” will leave the economy “better off.”
He emphasized that this would be the case “whether a check is cut or not.”
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