what was clearly a "goal" or an "estimate," AS STATED IN YOUR LINK, a claim or a promise, as you state in your headline. a man your age should know the difference.
That doesn't sound like a "goal" or an "estimate." In fact, in context, it sounds like he thought he could do MORE ("at least"). A man your age should know the difference. But that's our CDL, making grand statements that don't hold up to scrutiny.
"think" appeared in that statement, it became a goal, certainly not a promise as ED claims. That goal was also stated before Musk actually was allowed to start looking at the books and records of the Federal Government during the transition period AFTER the election. I believe this statement was first made BEFORE the election.
He was saying this was what he believed. And of course you also omit "at least" from your analysis. Presumably if this is what he thought then he must have had some basis for it. He did NOT say, "at least $2 Billion pending my analysis of the books." But keep hoping.
Re: It's disingenuous to call . . . . what was clearly a "goal" or an "estimate," AS STATED IN YOUR LINK, a claim or a promise, as you state in your headline. a man your age should know the difference.
You skipped over some things in the article . . .
'Musk’s lowered estimate is a significant downgrade from his earlier view. At a rally for Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27, Musk said he’d be able to cut the federal budget by “at least $2 trillion.” ' . My interpretation of "be able to" is "will" or "can", not "try to" or "attempt to". When he and Ramaswamy actually got into the weeds, they found out they screwed up. Now, Musk is saying that the "best case" is they may be able to cut HALF of the $2 trillion. CDL, the difference between you and me is, if the CEO of a company gave we owners an "estimate" or "projection" of a profit of $2 million for the next fiscal year, but at the end of year the profit was only $1 million, you would give him a pat, while I would fire him.
Holding someone responsible for a faulty estimate is ludicrous without first examining what the year was like. I (as a CEO) made a profit projection at the beginning of 2020, but actually had a small loss by the end of year. Would you have fired me without considering the effects of Covid? See how clueless you are?
I would not have fired you due to an evident completely unexpected and out of your control, if you had made good decisions following it, such as applying for government enacted relief funds. But there was no such evident facing DOGE, only a Trump re-election. Musk and Ramaswamy made a politically motivated claim, which was unfounded and reckless. They did not do the basic research or analysis to support it. Quoting an OP-Ed from Market Watch: . All this was easily verified even at the time. As we reported, two thirds of the $6.75 trillion federal budget, or $4.4 trillion, goes on just five things: Debt interest, defense, Social Security, Medicare and veterans. When you put those aside, everything else in the federal budget — from highways to Medicaid — totaled just $2.35 trillion.
No one was ever cutting $2 trillion from a $2.35 trillion budget.
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