Former DOGE Insider Admits the Initiative Fell Short of Savings Goals but Defends Working With Musk

Former DOGE Insider Admits the Initiative Fell Short of Savings Goals but Defends Working With Musk

Tyler Hassen, a former senior DOGE official, says the initiative failed to reach its $2 trillion savings goal but argues it focused attention on America's deficit.

SCIENCE & TECH: Tyler Hassen defends DOGE: ‘Don’t just drain the swamp, flood it with talent

A seasoned businessman with experience turning companies around, Tyler Hassen didn’t fit the popular image of DOGE members as hoodie-clad twenty-somethings slashing spending. Now, he’s on the offensive with his new book “Inside DOGE: The Real Story from a Senior Insider” (Republic Book Publishers, out now). “So much of the narrative about DOGE has been written from people who weren’t inside the room,” Hassen, 43, told me. “I think part of [the i…

Flood the Swamp With Talent

The press sold DOGE as a chainsaw cosplay. Hoodies. Teen coders. Midnight firings. A meme with a federal badge. Tyler

Tyler Hassen defends DOGE: ‘Don’t just drain the swamp, flood it with talent’

With his new book, Inside DOGE: The Real Story from a Senior Insider, Tyler Hassen is arguing that the DOGE cuts are far more significant than the short-lived agency got credit for.