As the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk ran his chainsaw through government departments to cut them into halves in his commitment to save federal money. Tesla shares experienced a massive fall as Donald Trump promised to buy a Tesla car and bought Tesla S model for White House staff as a gesture of support for Elon. Musk said Tesla would double the production in the US over the next two years.
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