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CNN** — During Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, Elon Musk’s **Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)** became a powerful tool for the president, aggressively shrinking the federal government and reshaping it to align with Trump’s agenda.
Led by a team of young coders and tech experts embedded across various agencies, DOGE has disregarded traditional protocols—and, in some instances, federal laws—to push through drastic spending cuts, terminate government contracts and leases, and even dismantle entire departments.
The department has gained access to some of the government’s most critical systems, which handle trillions in federal payments and store sensitive personal data on millions of Americans, including federal employees and immigrants. In the process, DOGE has laid off over **100,000 government workers**, including highly skilled scientists and specialists in fields like public health, foreign diplomacy, and disaster response.
Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, has been the public face of DOGE, frequently promoting its often **flawed or misleading reports**. Throughout Trump’s first 100 days, Musk appeared to wield unprecedented influence—sometimes seeming like the **second-most powerful figure in the administration**. He joined Trump for high-profile interviews and even appeared on the cover of **Time Magazine** in February, standing behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
