Washington DC, Feb. 21 -- Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, holding a chainsaw to emphasise his campaign for reducing the federal budget and workforce through President Donald Trump's proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) panel, The Hill reported.

Musk, dressed in a black "Make America Great Again" cap and sunglasses, was soon joined by Argentine President Javier Milei, who handed him a chainsaw. Musk raised it to the crowd and said, "This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy."

Milei, who rose to prominence in Argentina with a vow to shake up the country's government and economy, often wields a chainsaw at political events, emblematic of h...