Musk Parades Argentine President’s ‘Chainsaw Gift’, Defends DOGE Cuts At CPAC Victory Lap for Trump

Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday (February 20), telling cheering attendees it was “the chainsaw for bureaucracy”.The chainsaw was handed to Musk by Argentinian President Javier Milei, who is set to meet with Musk, U.S. President Donald Trump and the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during his visit to Washington.U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped Tesla CEO Musk to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which has swept through federal agencies slashing thousands of jobs and dismantling federal programs since Trump became president last month and put Musk in charge of rooting out what he deems wasteful spending as part of Trump’s dramatic overhaul of government. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION1:20 SYMBOL OF ARGENTINE PRESIDENT’S AUSTERITY PUSH2:20 MUSK DEFENDS DOGE EFFORTS