Elon Musk’s DOGE revealed Tuesday that President Donald Trump has saved taxpayers a staggering $55 billion in less than a month.
It said the savings were found through a combination of detecting and deleting fraud, canceling contracts and leases, and selling assets.
The group – nicknamed the ‘nerd army’ – also ended grants, fired federal employees, changed some programs, and saved money with regulatory reforms.
‘DOGE’s total estimated savings are $55 billion,’ read a message on the official doge.gov website, citing data since February 17.
It said users of the website could expect updates twice a week, promising additional information and improvements with time.
The savings were mostly made in the US Agency For International Development (USAID), the Department of Education, the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture.
Savings listed on the website features millions of dollars in canceled contracts for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training as well as ending subscriptions for Politico and other news organizations.
Elon Musk and DOGE’s efforts to reduce government waste continue to capture the headlines as Democrats and government workers are protesting in the streets about the cuts.
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk, flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller
US entrepreneur and US special government employee Elon Musk and his son X, leave Blair House close to the White Hous
Trump has defended Musk’s efforts, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that they talk frequently about the efforts by Democrats and the media to drive them apart.
‘It’s obvious, they’re so bad at it. I used to think they were good at it but they’re bad at it, because if they were good at I wouldn’t be president,’ he said.
Democrat protesters claim Musk is an unelected oligarch who should not be trusted to access data from the federal government.
On Monday, the White House clarified in court papers that Musk’s title was ‘senior adviser to the president’ and that he is ‘not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.’
esla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his son X ÿ A-Xii join US President Donald Trump as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House
People participate in a “TeslaTakedown” protest against Elon Musk outside of a Tesla showroom
‘In his role as senior advisor to the president, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior White House advisors,’ the court filing noted, adding that he had ‘no actual or formal authority’ to make government decisions by himself.
Trump has endorsed Musk’s work as a result of his election mandate to cut government spending and reduce the federal workforce.
‘We got elected to, among other things, find all of this fraud, abuse, all of this horrible stuff going on,’ he said in the Oval Office last week.