Skeptical lawmaker thinks Elon Musk will become ‘frustrated fairly quickly’ with DOGE role

It won’t be long before tech billionaire and Donald Trump pal Elon Musk becomes irked by Washington with his new advisory role in the incoming president’s next administration.

That was the message from Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who aired his thoughts on POLITICO’s Tech podcast Thursday about Musk and his proposals to slash spending and eliminate large portions of the federal workforce in his position in the new — largely symbolic — Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE.

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“I think Elon may get frustrated fairly quickly,” Khanna said on the podcast. “I mean, let’s see if he can get defense cuts. My guess is that there are going to be a lot of the people on that committee [who] are going to want even more defense spending. It’ll be a test.”

Khanna represents a large portion of Silicon Valley and has known Musk for years. The publication noted he seemed to call into question the effectiveness of the quasi-governmental position Musk and MAGA loyalist Vivek Ramaswamy were tapped to lead.

“And I think the real question here will be how effective will he be going after true waste and true abuse like you have in terms of defense contractors.”