The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appears to have gotten off to a fast start during the first two weeks of President Donald Trump‘s second term.
Elon Musk, who leads DOGE, delivered a number of updates on his social media platform, X, on Friday and into the weekend about what it takes to cut government spending by billions of dollars a day.
He shared a post from DOGE that showed a list of more than 100 “DEI related contract cancellations” that resulted in more than $1 billion worth of “savings.”
Updated data on DEI related contract cancellations with full detail: https://t.co/hEBk62KQvN pic.twitter.com/kcPATigb3x
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) January 31, 2025
Musk posted about cutting the federal deficit.
“Reducing the federal deficit from $2T to $1T in FY2026 requires cutting an average of ~$4B/day in projected 2026 spending from now to Sept…
