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Musk explained Sunday that while he has been a strong supporter of Trump he doesn t dependably encouragement his administration s policies I don t want to speak up against the administration but I also don t want to take responsibility for everything the administration s doing he announced on CBS s Sunday Morning Musk cited the GOP s multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package Congress is at the moment debating I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill frankly he disclosed It undermines the work that the DOGE band is doing President Donald Trump lauded billionaire Elon Musk on Friday as the Tesla CEO wrapped up his time in cabinet amenity after four turbulent months leading the so-called Department of Ruling body Efficiency DOGE This will be his last day but not really because he will perpetually be with us helping all the way Trump wrote Thursday on Truth Social adding Elon is terrific Still Musk disclosed Sunday that while he has been a strong Trump ally he doesn t invariably sponsorship the administration s policies I m a little stuck in a bind he explained CBS s Sunday Morning where I m like well I don t want to speak up against the administration but I also don t want to take responsibility for everything the administration s doing DOGE cut tens of thousands of federal jobs within the first minimal months of Trump s tenure Musk has defended his regime record but acknowledged in the CBS interview that DOGE became the whipping boy for everything So if there was chosen cut real or imagined everyone would blame DOGE He s also dismayed by the GOP s multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package Congress is at this moment debating The statute is projected to add trillions of dollars to the U S debt I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill frankly he revealed adding that it undermines the work that the DOGE squad is doing Trump advisers defend tariffs amid legal fight insisting they re not going away Xi and Trump are likely to talk soon about business though no date has been set Hassett saysEU prepared to impose countermeasures after Trump doubles steel tariffs to Pentagon chief says U S ready to fight and win against ChinaPBS sues Trump over executive order to cut fundingMusk deflects question about review of drug use family drama as Trump looks onTrump lauds Elon Musk and DOGE at White House farewell Despite Musk s concerns Trump representatives intend to move his initiatives forward Russell Vought director of the Office of Management and Budget explained CNN on Sunday the administration will work with Congress and otherwise use executive tools to move forward with DOGE s cuts Pressed about members of Congress saying that DOGE may have overreached in its efforts to reorganize cabinet Vought mentioned I don t doubt that Congress is going to make accusations Certain of them come by their own watchdogs but those watchdogs have been historically wrong And that s not going to stop us from moving forward to bank the DOGE cuts DOGE which Musk once predicted would cut trillions of dollars in governing body spending has come nowhere close to that level according to its own numbers which have come under question Musk s tenure in politics has also hurt his community image and soured consumers views of Tesla whose cars and showrooms became a target for arsonists and vandals CNBC s Dan Mangan contributed to this summary