Public financial management is a sensitive topic, especially when it is championed by a polarizing figure like Elon Musk. Since his appointment at the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the entrepreneur has promised a drastic reduction in federal spending to avoid a "bankruptcy of the United States." He announced that he has saved 8 billion dollars by canceling a government contract. A spectacular figure, but quickly contested by several media outlets: the contract in question was actually worth only 8 million dollars.