President of Argentina Javier Milei, dubbed the ‘Argentine Trump‘ presented Elon Musk with a DOGE chainsaw on stage at CPAC on Thursday, to wild cheers from the conservative gathering in National Harbor, Maryland. Musk said, “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!”
Musk is heading up President Trump’s DOGE agency’s (Department of Government Efficiency) effort to slash government bureaucracy and inefficiency, modernize technology and find and expose waste, fraud and abuse.
Milei is famous for campaigning for the presidency in 2023 with a chainsaw to demonstrate how he would slash the bloated, inefficient government of Argentina and bring down sky high inflation. (Promises he has kept.)
Video of Milei presenting Musk with the chainsaw:
Momento único.
Fin.@JMilei @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/dsbp3bWC6F
— Manuel Adorni (@madorni) February 20, 2025
Kukas: “Elon Musk finalmente le soltó la mano a Milei.”
Elon Musk: pic.twitter.com/VBhZzHVM2X
— Milei SheIby (@TommyShelby_30) February 20, 2025
Milei posted backstage video of him presenting Musk with the chainsaw before the stage presentation with the caption, “Llegó la motosierra a DOGE…!!! The Chainsaw has arrived at DOGE…!!! VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO’
Llegó la motosierra a DOGE…!!!
The Chainsaw has arrived at DOGE…!!!VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO
Cc: @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/jr7vwwGFKU— Javier Milei (@JMilei) February 20, 2025
7 PALABRAS pic.twitter.com/ijHee0QFb1
— Mia (@Mialygosa) February 20, 2025
UPDATE: Elon Musk acknowledges he dressed the DOGE meme for the event, wearing dark sunglasses and a gold chain:
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 20, 2025
Elon Musk wore the same outfit he promised to wear last year if President Trump won and DOGE started operating.
He looks super cool with glasses and a gold chain around his neck! https://t.co/cJFPRrXyis pic.twitter.com/1jnG4A3NLq
— SMX (@iam_smx) February 20, 2025
