Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already found payment inefficiencies and waste in its probes into the Treasury Department and Social Security Administration, the tech CEO said from the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump on Feb. 11.
“It’s not optional for us to reduce the federal expenses. It’s essential,” Musk said. “It’s essential for America to remain solid as a country.”
Musk made the comments during a signing ceremony for Trump’s Feb. 11 executive order directing all federal agencies to coordinate with DOGE in scaling down the size of the U.S. government.
Musk said that DOGE has already made significant findings at the Treasury Department and within the Social Security Administration, and offered ways to make federal workers more productive while responding to his critics in Washington….