Six months after stepping down from leading the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, billionaire Elon Musk suggested he likely would not repeat his time helming the controversial cost-cutting mission.

Axar.az informs, citing CBS news, Musk discussed his time at the White House in a nearly hourlong podcast interview with former Trump administration aide Katie Miller that was released Tuesday. Asked if he believes DOGE was successful, Musk responded that it was "a little bit successful."

"We were somewhat successful," the world's richest man said, adding that he believes the initiative "stopped a lot of funding that really just made no sense" and was "entirely wasteful."

Miller asked Musk if he would repeat his time leading the cost-cutting initiative, knowing what he knows now. He demurred before saying: "I think instead of doing DOGE, I would've basically…worked in my companies, essentially."