Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday reflected on his decision to wield a chainsaw on stage in February to tout government spending cuts, saying the move “lacked empathy.” Musk’s remark came in

Elon Musk said that wielding a chainsaw at CPAC "lacked empathy." "Milei gave me the chainsaw backstage and I ran with it," he wrote on X. Musk is now in a deadlock with Trump over the president's big spending bill. Elon Musk said that brandishing a chainsaw onstage in February probably wasn't such a good idea.

Elon Musk conceded on Tuesday that the chainsaw-waving theatrics he used to promote the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may have “lacked empathy” toward Americans worried about what spending cuts could mean for them.