Musk is right about entitlements, but the media are lying about what he said - Washington Examiner

Musk clearly said his goal is to eliminate “the waste and fraud in entitlement spending,” not necessarily entitlement spending itself. That’s why his estimate ranges from $500 billion to $700 billion. -Tiana Lowe Doescher
The cast of Republicans in the crosshairs of progressives may cycle through the years, but from Paul Ryan to Elon Musk, the attacks from Democrats and their allies in the media remain the same. 

Just as Tea Party Republicans faced left-wing fury over daring to tell the truth over a decade ago, the Tesla tycoon-turned-DOGE master has started another prime-time contretemps for pointing out that the single greatest chunk of waste to cut from federal spending is likely contained in its single largest category of overall spending: the entitlements of Social Security and Medicare...