🗣️ Elon Musk promised to save $2 trillion by cutting government spending, but it turned out the opposite — the DOGE program, led by Musk, has already resulted in $21.7 billion in losses in the first half of 2025 — media

About $14.8 billion went to pay for non-working officials under the deferred layoffs program, more than $6 billion — due to payments to laid-off employees on leave, $263 million — losses from freezing government loans; the rest — bureaucratic reporting, staff relocations, ineffective projects, and expenses.

Senator Blumenthal called DOGE a "failure" and called for an audit in 27 federal agencies.