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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DOGE checks? Elon Musk claims 'progress' has been made, but says it isn't his decision
(NEXSTAR) — Waiting for a stimulus check funded by the cuts the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it's making? It could be a while. While speaking in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, Elon Musk was asked whether he had any update on "DOGE checks" being sent out to Americans. He noted that though it is "somewhat up to the Congress and maybe the president as to whether specific checks are cut," reducing "wasteful spending" will leave …
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KXANDOGE checks? Elon Musk claims ‘progress’ has been made, but says it isn’t his decision
(NEXSTAR) — Waiting for a stimulus check funded by the cuts the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it's making? It could be a while. While speaking in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, Elon Musk was asked whether he had any update on "DOGE checks" being sent out to Americans. He noted that though it is "somewhat up to the Congress and maybe the president as to whether specific checks are cut," reducing "wasteful spending" will leave …
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