- Reality gets in the way of Elon Musk’s latest misguided boast - Elon Musk lowered his spending cut targets from $2 trillion to $1 trillion to $150 billion — and even that total is no longer credible. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/reality-gets-way-elon-musks-latest-misguided-boast-rcna201113 98 comments politics