Elon Musk
Involved in 10 documented entries
Longest TSA Wait Times in History: 4.5 Hours, Officers Selling Plasma
TSA wait times hit 4.5 hours — the worst in the agency's 24-year history. Officers working without pay for 5+ weeks are sleeping in cars and selling plasma. 480+ have quit. Callout rates hit 50% at some airports. World Cup screeners won't be ready.
DOGE Staffer Admits Under Oath: "No, We Didn't" Reduce the Deficit
In a viral deposition, a DOGE employee was asked "Did you reduce the federal deficit?" and replied "No, we didn't." The original $2T goal fell to $200B, then nothing. The chaos cost taxpayers an estimated $135 billion.
Iran War Costs Exceed All DOGE Savings in Two Weeks
At $11 billion per week, the Iran war cost $11.6B in its first days — exceeding the entire $9.4B in DOGE spending cuts passed by Congress. The Pentagon requested $200B in supplemental war funding. GOP lacked votes to fund it.
Trump's Own Chief of Staff: He Has "An Alcoholic's Personality," Vance Is a "Conspiracy Theorist"
Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair over 11 interviews that Trump has "an alcoholic's personality," Musk is "an avowed ketamine user" who sleeps in a sleeping bag at the White House, Vance is a "conspiracy theorist," and prosecutions of enemies "may" be retribution.
Social Security Gutted: 3-Hour Wait Times, Offices Closed
SSA lost 6,645 workers (11% of staff), phone wait times exceeded 3 hours, and 47 field offices were targeted for closure. Pending retirement claims nearly doubled to 600,000. Disability processing times hit 8 months.
DOGE Used ChatGPT to Cancel $100M in Federal Grants
DOGE staffers "in their 20s" used ChatGPT to scan humanities grants for DEI content — the AI flagged an HVAC replacement as DEI. Within 22 days, $100 million in grants were cancelled and 65% of NEH staff were terminated.
DOGE Breached Treasury, SSA, and NLRB Data Systems
DOGE operatives gained access to Treasury payment systems, Social Security records of 300 million Americans, and labor board case data. A whistleblower reported login attempts from a Russian IP using DOGE credentials.
DOGE Mass Firings and Federal Worker Chaos
Trump empowered Elon Musk's "DOGE" to slash the federal workforce, firing ~25,000 workers in weeks — including nuclear bomb specialists and bird flu responders who had to be immediately rehired. Courts ordered mass reinstatements.
Musk's $15.4 Billion Conflict of Interest Running DOGE
Elon Musk's companies hold $15.4 billion in government contracts while he runs DOGE, targeting 70%+ of agencies where he has contracts. He filed no ethics forms. Trump said Musk would identify his own conflicts — the fox guarding the henhouse.
Schedule F: Stripping Job Protections from 50,000 Federal Workers
Trump reinstated Schedule F, reclassifying 50,000 federal employees as at-will workers who can be fired for political reasons. Combined with DOGE cuts, 317,000 federal employees left government by end of 2025.