DOGE leader Elon Musk sassed at detractors who have called him a Russian asset.

‘People say, like, you know, “I’m a bought asset of Putin,”‘ Musk said onstage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. ‘I’m like, he can’t afford me,’ Musk said, garnering laughs.

Musk received a hero’s welcome at CPAC, the annual conservative conference held just outside of Washington, D.C., where President Donald Trump also got his political start.

It was the first time Musk ever graced the CPAC stage and he did so alongside a special guest with a special gift.

Argentina’s Trump-like President Javier Milei had gifted Musk a silver and red chainsaw, filming an unboxing video backstage – in which the chainsaw got perilously close to a young child.

Milei then presented the chainsaw to Musk publicly.

‘President Milei has a gift for me,’ Musk told the crowd. The billionaire roared with approval once handed the giant saw.

‘This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy,’ Musk yelled.

DOGE leader Elon Musk sassed at detractors who have called him a Russian asset. Putin ‘can’t afford me,’ the billionaire said during his first ever appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference

DOGE leader Elon Musk sassed at detractors who have called him a Russian asset. Putin ‘can’t afford me,’ the billionaire said during his first ever appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference

Elon Musk, who said he was dressed as ‘dark gothic MAGA’, raises the chainsaw gifted to him by Argentina’s Trump-like President Javier Milei
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Elon Musk, who said he was dressed as ‘dark gothic MAGA’, raises the chainsaw gifted to him by Argentina’s Trump-like President Javier Milei