US EditionMusk says DOGE’s $1 trillion in spending cuts won’t harm federal services
- In March 2025, Elon Musk, running President Trump's federal cost-cutting effort through the Department of Government Efficiency , aimed to slash US$1 trillion from the federal budget by the end of May, a goal that would require cutting over half of the US$1.8 trillion spent on non-defense discretionary programs in 2024.
- Musk's plans for wide-ranging cuts are based on his claim that government programs are overrun with fraud and waste, though he has not provided specific evidence, and these cuts are not necessarily popular, acknowledging political risk.
- Doge's efforts included deploying staffers to the Social Security Administration to identify waste, despite the fact that improper payments from 2015 through 2022 represented less than 1% of the benefits paid.
- During a Fox News interview on March 27, Musk defended his proposed cuts, claiming he could reduce spending by 15% without affecting critical government services and that legitimate Social Security beneficiaries would see their benefits increase, but budget experts are skeptical this can be achieved without touching entitlement programs.
- However, a federal judge blocked DOGE from accessing sensitive SSA systems due to privacy concerns, ordering them to destroy any non-anonymized data obtained, leading Musk to criticize the D.C. Circuit for having a far-left bias.
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Donate to Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. Donate to Palmer Report. Help keep Palmer Report free: Donate $5 or $25 hereI don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m not interested in a check from DOGE. I want them to stay the hell away from my Social Security. If they want to give money, write me a check from my latest Social Security statement, and we’ll call it even. Musk and DOGE have done nothing with Social Security but create turmoil. At l…
Duffy says no ‘beef’ with Musk and DOGE despite ‘bumpy’ start - Washington Examiner
EXCLUSIVE — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy concedes that the early days of working with the Department of Government Efficiency were “bumpy,” but told the Washington Examiner in an interview that the Elon Musk-led task force has improved its relations with other federal departments following an explosive, closed-door Cabinet meeting earlier in March. Musk has been present for each of President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet meetings in his second t…
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Thelocalreport.inIs Elon Musk Planning To Step Down From Trump's DOGE Team? Here's What He Said
US President Donald Trump's billionaire ally Elon Musk has signalled that he is planning to step down from his cost-cutting role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by the end of May after reducing the US deficit by $1 trillion.
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