Elon Musk had done 'no preparation' for DOGE ahead of Trump's win so adopted a 'spaghetti against the wall' approach

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3. More - Elon rejected someone who knew what they were talking about for Miller and Voight

Smith reportedly had to give Musk a basic budgeting and civics lesson to bring him up to speed on how Congressional appropriations worked.

Smith reportedly warned that DOGE would need an army of lawyers to legally carry out its goals, but Musk reportedly wanted to ignore the legal process and tear down the federal government.



The source said Musk did not care for Smith — preferring instead to surround himself with his own loyalists — and accused him of offering too much "classic consultant stuff."




Musk continued to spend time with Trump-world mainstays; he received lessons on how the executive branch operates from Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller, who is credited as the architect of the administration's draconian anti-immigration policies. The DOGE head later struck up a quick friendship with current OMB boss Russell Vought, who co-authored the near-universally loathed Project 2025