That’s how business works. Great goal, no strategy or tactics to get there - you fail. But in business, when it’s your own money , you can make mistakes and cover them up by spending more. It’s completely different when it’s tax payer money and the economy as a whole. Mistakes can have significant consequences. We saw that with the amount of spending by both Biden and Trump during the pandemic. Both their spending put us in a debt hole that is going to be hard to get out of Cutting costs is a great goal. Firing , cutting programs and tariffs all at once could create real economic issues for the country Which may be what musk wants. He did say before the election , that it would get really bad for the first couple years. Time will tell if their way works