Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with slashing U.S. federal government spending, took to the stage at a conservative conference outside Washington on Thursday with a gift from Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei: a chainsaw.

Argentina's President Javier Milei gifted Elon Musk a chainsaw during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC on Thursday. Waving the chainsaw above his head on stage, Musk told attendees it was "the chainsaw for bureaucracy".

Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw at CPAC today after being gifted the "chainsaw for bureaucracy" from Argentina's President Javier Milei. "Thank you," Musk said to Milei. "This is the Chainsaw For Bureaucracy,