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Musk Gets Standing Ovation, Gilded Chainsaw at CPAC

by Sandra Rhodes
February 21, 2025 at 9:06 am
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Musk Gets Standing Ovation, Gilded Chainsaw at CPAC

OXON HILL, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 20: CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk leaves the stage holding a chainsaw after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The annual four-day gathering brings together conservative U.S. lawmakers, international leaders, media personalities and businessmen to discuss and champion conservative ideas. Argentinian President Javier Milei gifted Musk a chainsaw that he used as a prop while campaigning. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Just what do you give someone known for cutting government waste.

The answer appears to be a gilded chainsaw.

That is exactly what Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, received Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, per Politico. 

Musk talked about his work with DOGE, tasked with cutting government waste as he sat for an interview with Rob Schmitt from Newsmax.

Musk was asked to describe the inside of his mind.

He replied, “a storm.”

“I am become meme,” he said.

Musk received applause and gifts while he was onstage. Argentine President Javier Milei gave the tech mogul a gilded chainsaw.

🚨 LMAO! Elon Musk just paraded around the stage at CPAC with a chainsaw given to him by Javier Milei 🤣

"THIS IS THE CHAINSAW FOR BUREAUCRACY!" 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NcL2f22xjO

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 20, 2025

He was also given a sci-fi-themed painting of himself.

Musk has worked to cut federal grants and reduce the size of the government workforce since President Donald Trump took office last month.

Some have been skeptical of Musk, who once voted Democrat.

In particular, Steve Bannon, the former top Trump adviser, has called out Musk for being a “parasitic illegal immigrant.”

He added Musk “wants to impose his freak experiments and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, values or traditions.”

In turn, Musk called Bannon “a great talker, but not a great doer.”

Incredible. Javier Milei brought Elon Musk a DOGE chainsaw. The perfect gift to inspire the cutting of even more waste, fraud, and abuse 🔥🔥

AFUERA!! pic.twitter.com/8j3XVDvGib

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 20, 2025
Tags: CPACDOGEElon MuskSteve Bannon
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Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Rhodes

IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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