Washington DC – As he continues to clash with President Donald Trump, former Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk has finally admitted that his viral chainsaw stunt was a terrible idea.
“Maybe you shouldn’t have taken the chainsaw on stage and acted a fool,” one user wrote in an X reply to Musk on Tuesday.
“Maybe you could have gotten more done if you weren’t so worried about looking cool.”
The comments were in response to a claim made by Musk that hitting the debt ceiling is “the only thing that will actually force the government to cut waste and fraud.”
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The Tesla founder has been railing against Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful” spending bill since he left the White House in June, largely because of cuts to electric vehicle subsidies and escalating government debt.
“Valid point,” Musk said in response to the user’s comment. “Milei gave me the chainsaw backstage and I ran with it, but, in retrospect, it lacked empathy.”
During the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February, Musk had famously entered the stage alongside Argentinian President Javier Milei, enthusiastically wielding a chainsaw while wearing a gold chain, sunglasses, and a t-shirt.
The clip immediately went viral and became a meme, causing the word “ketamine” to trend on X, likely due to rumors surrounding Musk’s alleged use of the drug while working for the White House.
In recent days, Musk has been brutally at odds with Trump, reigniting a feud that last month saw him accuse the president of being in the Epstein files.
While speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Trump floated the idea of deporting Musk and said that “DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.”
