Elon Musk’s DOGE Surges Billions, While WSJ Reporter Molly Ball Faces Backlash
Oh, how the mighty fall—or in this case, stumble awkwardly on live TV. Wall Street Journal’s “senior political correspondent” Molly Ball took to CNN on Thursday, February 20, 2025, to sling mud at tech titan Elon Musk, mocking his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) savings as mere “pennies.” Yes, pennies. Someone get this woman a calculator, a coffee, and a reality check—because while she’s busy scoffing at Musk’s vision, the man’s out here slashing government waste with the precision of a Tesla assembly line and the swagger of a chainsaw-wielding CPAC star. (Check out Elon Musk’s latest updates on X here—where brilliance meets unfiltered truth.)
Ball’s bone of contention? Musk and President Trump’s bold DOGE plan, which promises to claw back billions from bloated foreign aid budgets and the salaries of axed federal desk-jockeys, then redistribute it as “dividends” to everyday Americans. We’re talking thousands of dollars per citizen, a concept so revolutionary it’s got Ball clutching her pearls and crying “negligible” into Jim Sciutto’s sympathetic ear. “The amounts that Elon Musk is getting out of this DOGE, they are pennies compared to the federal budget,” she whined, dismissing the initiative as a Trump popularity stunt gone wrong. Oh, Molly. Bless your heart. Did you miss the part where Musk’s already claiming $55 billion in savings? Or were you too busy polishing your “senior correspondent” badge to notice?
Let’s break this down for the penny-pinching pundit. Musk’s DOGE isn’t just nibbling at the edges of the $6 trillion federal budget—it’s taking a flamethrower to the fat. Even Bloomberg, no fan of Musk’s, pegged the documented savings at $16.6 billion so far, with more in the pipeline. Sure, there was a typo—$18 billion got reported as $18 million in one case, and two agency closures credited to Musk happened under Biden. Oops. But here’s the kicker: while Ball’s busy nitpicking typos like a schoolmarm with a red pen, Musk’s team is outpacing her entire career’s worth of hot takes in a single fiscal quarter. And that $55 billion figure? It’s not pocket change—it’s a down payment on an America that doesn’t hemorrhage cash to bureaucracies and foreign freeloaders.
Meanwhile, Ball’s got her knickers in a twist over polls—two shiny new ones from the Washington Post/Ipsos and CNN/SSRS, no less—claiming Americans are souring on Trump’s moves. Fifty-eight percent oppose firing federal workers, she crows, and 62% say Trump hasn’t lowered prices enough. Cue the violins. “Trump’s focused on the wrong things,” she pontificates, painting a picture of a misled electorate duped into thinking foreign aid cuts would fix their woes. Here’s a newsflash, Molly: those polls don’t mean Musk’s wrong—they mean the media’s been spoon-feeding Americans gloom and doom instead of hope and results. Prices are sticky because of global supply chains and Trump’s tariff tango, not because DOGE is a dud. Musk’s not promising overnight miracles—he’s delivering structural wins that’ll pay off big-time.
And let’s talk about that CNN interview vibe. Ball smirks, Sciutto nods, and the whole thing reeks of coastal elitism—the kind of smugness that thinks “pennies” is a sick burn while Musk’s busy rewriting the rules of government efficiency. This is the same woman who thinks “dividends” for Americans is a gimmick, not a game-changer. Imagine being so out of touch that you scoff at putting money back in people’s pockets because it’s not “enough” compared to a federal budget that’s been a black hole for decades. Molly, sweetie, those “pennies” you’re mocking are more than you’ll ever save with your WSJ expense account.
Contrast that with Musk, the man who’s turned Tesla into a trillion-dollar juggernaut, launched rockets to Mars, and now teamed up with Trump to make government leaner than a SpaceX payload. His X feed is a masterclass in vision—unapologetic, innovative, and yes, occasionally wild (chainsaw at CPAC, anyone?). Follow him here and see for yourself: this isn’t a guy counting pennies; he’s a force of nature counting wins. While Ball’s busy playing gotcha with typos, Musk’s dreaming up ways to turn $55 billion into $550 billion, all while sipping a Diet Coke and tweeting memes.
So here’s the real story for Positive Stocks readers: Elon Musk’s DOGE is a roaring success in the making, and Molly Ball’s just the latest naysayer eating crow. Her “pennies” jab isn’t clever—it’s clueless. Keep your eyes on Musk, not the mockers. The man’s not just saving money; he’s saving the future—one brilliant, badass cut at a time.
Here is her pathetic article- She should get fired
‘Pennies!’ Financial reporter mocks minuscule DOGE savings amid Musk talk of ‘dividends’
