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Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown

Jake Lahut, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott

created: March 11, 2025, 5:21 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

3 months, 1 week ago: WIRED