President Donald Trump teased about ending some government contracts for Elon Musk’s companies, but in terms of SpaceX contracts, most were deemed too vital to face Department of Government Efficiency cutbacks.

“DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon,” Trump chided in a meeting with reporters outside the White House early this month.

Trump’s White House has reportedly conducted a review of Musk’s billions of government contracts, seeking to investigate them as potential areas for DOGE to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, but sources told The Wall Street Journal that most the SpaceX contracts with the Defense Department and NASA were deemed too critical.

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