Bernie Sanders says, “Elon Musk is right”, internet ‘shocked’

US Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been a critic of Elon Musk over issues like wealth inequality and foreign relations, has voiced support for President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, surprising some of his followers.
In a post on X, Sanders emphasised DOGE’s potential to tackle excessive Pentagon spending, while expressing concern over the Department of Defense’s growing budget and repeated audit failures.