Elon Musk: “We've Got to Restore Freedom by Removing Millions of Useless Regulations”

Elon Musk: We've got to restore freedom!

“I think we need to do wholesale removal of regulations. Regulations basically should be default gone. Not default there, default gone.

If it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, always add it back in. These regulations are added willy-nilly all the time.

We've just got to do wholesale spring cleaning of regulation and get the government off the backs of everyday Americans, so people can get things done. And the government doesn't have a sort of boot on the neck of the average American.

What are the core founding values of this country, what has made America great, what will lead to further greatness? It's a focus on merit, that you get ahead as a function of your hard work and skill, and that you have freedom.

This is the land of freedom and opportunity. If the government has millions of regulations holding everyone back, it's not freedom. We've got to restore freedom.”

DOGE Update, 𝕏 Spaces, February 3, 2025