The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says nearly $200 billion has been saved since it was established under the Trump administration earlier this year.
According to DOGE’s website, its activities have led to an estimated $199 billion in savings so far, roughly $1,232 per person, according to an update issued on Saturday and reviewed by The Epoch Times.
DOGE said 12,426 federal contracts have been terminated, worth about $53 billion, while 15,488 grants totaling $44 billion have been canceled so far. About $140 million was saved through 384 federal lease terminations, according to the DOGE website.
DOGE wrote in a July 26 X post that agencies terminated 141 “wasteful contracts” that have an estimated “ceiling value” of $5.1 billion, saving $498 million. That included a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contract for a health security advisory in Senegal and a $1.4 million Department of Health and Human Services contract for professional services in Rwanda, DOGE said….