Opinion | What is DOGE’s Real Goal? - The New York Times

I hate the name DOGE. The Department of government efficiency. Not that it’s not good branding. It is. And it’s going to do exactly what President Trump intended it to do to restore efficiency in our federal government. Efficiency efficiencies. Do you think the government is efficient. No, not really. I think it’s pretty wasteful. No no no. No but it obfuscates what’s really happening here. Efficiency towards what. I’m here to provide the president with technology support. Maybe it’s here to make the government leaner, lower headcount, fraud and abuse. Maybe it’s here to save money. America will go bankrupt if this is not done. That’s why I’m here. Maybe it’s here to make the government more responsive. The taxpayers deserve better. They deserve a more responsive government, a more efficient government. What is it actually doing. And we’re going to take DOGE to Mars. What can we see. After two months of its hack and slash operation through the federal government. And what does that sug

I hate the name DOGE. The Department of government efficiency. Not that it’s not good branding. It is. And it’s going to do exactly what President Trump intended it to do to restore efficiency in our federal government. Efficiency efficiencies. Do you think the government is efficient. No, not really. I think it’s pretty wasteful. No no no. No but it obfuscates what’s really happening here. Efficiency towards what. I’m here to provide the president with technology support. Maybe it’s here to make the government leaner, lower headcount, fraud and abuse. Maybe it’s here to save money. America wi