# Post ts_114598281297498204

- Post ID: `ts_114598281297498204`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-30T18:50:01.244Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Elon Musk: “This is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning...The DOGE team will only grow stronger overtime...It is permeating throughout the government, and I am confident that, over time, we will see—a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction."

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (2:21), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Well, let me say, perhaps a few words, that this is not the end of Doge, but really the beginning. My time as a special government employee necessarily had to end. It was a limited time thing. It's 134 days, I believe, which ends in a few days. So that comes with a time limit. But the Doge team will only grow stronger over time. The Doge influence will only grow stronger. It's-- I liken it to sort of Buddhism. It's like a way of life. So it is permeating throughout the government. And I'm confident that over time we'll see a trillion dollars of savings and a reduction in-- a trillion dollars of waste of poor reduction. The calculations of the Doge team thus far, in terms of an FY25 to FY26, delta are over $160 billion. And that's climbing. We expect that number will probably go over $200 billion soon. So I think the Doge team is doing an incredible job. They're going to continue doing an incredible job. And I'll be-- and I'll continue to be visiting here and be a friend and advisor to the president. And I look forward to times being back in this amazing room. By the way, isn't this incredible? This incredible-- I mean, it's stunning, I think, the way that the Oval Office-- the president has just completely redone the Oval Office. It's beautiful. I love the gold on the ceiling. It's pretty nice. Yeah. That's been there a long time. That was plaster. Nobody ever really saw it. They didn't know the eagle was up there. And we highlighted it's a-- essentially, it's a landmark, a great landmark. And that's 24 karat gold. And everybody loved it. And now they all see it when they come in. So it's been good. The Oval Office finally has the majesty that it deserves thanks to the president. So I look forward to continuing to be a friend and advisor to the president, continuing to support the Doge team. And we are relentlessly pursuing $8 trillion in ways to afford reductions, which will benefit the American taxpayer. So that's it, really. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. All right. Great job. [APPLAUSE]

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/598/280/317/849/196/original/2864d7bdf54a7224.mp4

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:45:29.216Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Elon Musk DOGE Quote Share (2025-05-30)

### Context
This post is part of a cluster of Musk-related posts on this date, coinciding with a joint Oval Office livestream. Trump shares a direct Musk quote defending DOGE's future amid growing criticism of the initiative. The timing follows court rulings striking down Trump's tariffs and broader governance challenges.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:50 PM ET (Trump likely in Washington given the Oval Office livestream). Business hours, polished formatting, direct quote with video attachment — classic aide/comms team post. The careful quotation formatting and attached media suggest coordinated messaging around the Musk visit.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a **supply-sharing** post — Trump amplifies Musk's grandiose claims ("a trillion dollars") as proxy self-praise. By letting Musk make the extraordinary claim, Trump benefits from the grandiosity without direct accountability. The post functions as **mutual narcissistic supply**: Musk validates the administration, Trump amplifies the validation.

The timing is notable — courts have just struck down tariffs, so the DOGE narrative provides an alternative success story. This is mild **displacement**: redirecting attention from judicial defeats to claimed fiscal victories.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Appeal to authority** (Musk as tech visionary)
- **Hyperbole** ("a trillion dollars")
- **Testimonial** format — letting a third party make the boast

### Cognitive Markers
No cognitive indicators present — this is a formatted quote share.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "DOGE will achieve a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction" | **Unverifiable** | Independent analyses have found DOGE savings claims significantly overstated. The trillion-dollar figure is aspirational with no concrete accounting. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:50 PM ET)
- Clean quote formatting with proper punctuation
- Video attachment suggesting coordinated comms
- Part of organized Musk visit media blitz

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Musk Oval Office visit as validation opportunity)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- displacement (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- testimonial endorsement
- shared grandiosity

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> DOGE will achieve a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Independent analyses have found DOGE savings claims significantly overstated. The trillion-dollar figure is aspirational with no concrete accounting.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- DOGE (90%)
- Elon Musk (90%)
- proxy_grandiosity (70%)
- quote_share (80%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Courts Strike Down Tariffs; Trump Retaliates by Raising Them Higher**

Trump opened the evening with a lengthy, heated reaction to a court ruling that struck down his tariff authority, lashing out at judges, Leonard Leo, and the Federalist Society in unusually personal terms. By morning he had shifted to a confident, self-congratulatory tone, reframing the U.S.-China trade compromise as an act of personal mercy and filling the rest of the day with a steady stream of endorsements, firings, and a farewell press conference for Elon Musk. The day ended defiantly at a U.S. Steel event in Pittsburgh where he announced a doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs -- effectively asserting the very authority courts had just challenged. The overall mood was dominated by grandiosity, with the court ruling the only real crack in the armor.

Full digest for 2025-05-30: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 30). Elon Musk: “This is not the end of DOGE, but... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114598281297498204
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Elon Musk: “This is not the end of DOGE, but really the..." Truth Social, 30 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114598281297498204. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Elon Musk: “This is not the end of DOGE, but really the...," Truth Social, May 30, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114598281297498204.

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