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We’re now just over a month into the second Trump presidency, and with Elon Musk heading the DOGE agency, we’re taking a look at what’s been happening with it so far, how much money has been saved, and whether DOGE is actually working.
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1 – https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/musk-doge-takeover-usaid
2 – https://doge.gov/savings
3 – BBC on USAID budget https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyezjwnx5ko
4 – https://www.businessinsider.com/75-000-federal-employees-trump-elon-musk-doge-buyout-2025-2
5 – https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/
6 – NYT article on DOGE $8m vs $8b fuckup https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/upshot/doge-contracts-musk-trump.html
7 – X Thread on Econometrica contract https://x.com/AliceFromQueens/status/1892095449789612201
8 – https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/12/elon-musk-is-failing-to-cut-american-spending
9 – YouGov Poll on ending DEI programmes https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econtoplines_P1J4BlQ.pdf
10 – US Deficit Data https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-deficit/
11 – Hegseth’s efforts to cut defence budget https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/02/19/white-house-eyes-annual-8-cut-to-defense-budget-through-2030/
12 – Trump Truth Social post endorsing the House budget https://x.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1892219494673858895
13 – NYT article on Budget’s impact on Medicaid https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/upshot/trump-medicaid-tax-cuts.htm
14 – Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget forecast https://www.crfb.org/blogs/taking-closer-look-house-budgets-reconciliation-instructions
00:00 – Introduction
01:11 – Caveats
01:39 – DOGE’s Data Explained
05:43 – Implications of the DOGE Data
07:25 – Sponsored Content
