Elon Musk told Katie Miller in an interview for her podcast on Tuesday that DOGE, the Trump administration's cost-cutting department he spearheaded, was "somewhat successful."

Why it matters: It's a rare comment from Musk regarding the work DOGE did earlier this year, and hints at his lingering dissatisfaction with the inner workings of U.S. politics.

What they're saying: "We were a little bit successful," Musk said on "The Katie Miller Podcast" when asked if he thought DOGE was a success. "We were somewhat successful." • But, he added, he wouldn't take on the project again. • "Instead of doing DOGE, I would have ... worked at my companies, essentially, and they wouldn't have been burning the cars," Musk said, in reference to a spate of vandalism at Tesla dealerships in the wake of t

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