'Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected. So nobody can bat 1,000,' Elon Musk told reporters in the Oval Office.
WATCH: When told many of his “detractors” believe he is “orchestrating a hostile takeover of government” in a “non-transparent way,” U.S. Department of Government Efficiencies head Elon Musk dismissed the allegations saying, “The people voted for major government reform… They're going to get what they voted for.”made a rare appearance at the White House on Tuesday, where he denied a government takeover following the extensive cuts he’s been pushing across the federal government.
When a reporter told Musk his “detractors say you’re orchestrating a hostile takeover of government and doing it in a non-transparent way,” Musk gasped and jokingly replied, “I have detractors?” When asked about false statements that the U.S. was spending $50 million on condoms for Gaza and other claims he’s made about government programs, Musk acknowledged that he has been wrong.
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