Elon Musk’s tenure as a special government employee in the White House came to an end Friday, prompting Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost to say that his efforts reveal that a “corporate slash and burn mentality is not how you run a country.”

Musk had been leading the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which, according to its website , last updated on May 26, saved taxpayers an estimated $175 billion. However, one watchdog website tracking the cuts says it was more like $16 billion.

But there were significant cuts that have been damaging, including to international medical and food assistance programs. “The legacy will be a dark legacy,” Frost told a Phoenix reporter on Friday during an interview on WMNF-88.5 FM in Tampa.

U.S. Representative Maxwell

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