Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending.

Democratic governors held a press conference on Tuesday, sounding the alarm on Trump’s threat to Medicaid and signaling a Democratic messaging priority.

Donald Trump has appealed to Elon Musk for more intensive implementation of reforms in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump emphasized that he would like Musk to act "more aggressively" in implementing reforms and cutting spending.

US President Donald Trump praised Elon Musk for his efforts to reform the federal workforce and urged him to be more aggressive. Musk, leading the Department of Government Efficiency, responded by introducing accountability measures and has significantly cut federal spending.

Grok has already received an update not to express its opinion about Elon Musk and Donald Trump, but The Verge was able to see firsthand what the social network’s artificial intelligence thought about both before the update was applied. Users who could ask the following question would receive a surprising answer.

Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.

Elon Musk threatened to fire even more federal workers if they did not respond to his email demanding a list of five tasks completed.

In a sign that not every Trump official is on the same page, leaders at the FBI and State Department instructed employees not to respond.