Elon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient. But it hasn't worked out that way so far.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the head of DOGE, has said he wants to cut the federal budget by $2 trillion a year and has begun a process of collecting information ahead of drastic cuts in many government departments. If federal departments stop DOGE data collection, it could have a major impact on Trump's plan to impose major cuts on the federal budget.