Elon Musk — whose name has become nearly synonymous with the “Department of Government Efficiency” — doesn’t actually work for it, the White House said.

President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend

The $7.992 billion mistake raises questions about DOGE's accounting and savings claims as it works to swiftly gut the federal bureaucracy.