In an effort to slash government spending, President Trump has asked the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In turn, Musk and his team have spent the first few weeks of Trump’s second term waging a largely unchecked war on the federal bureaucracy — an onslaught that was finally

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump has issued a number of orders which included establishing the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE. This program, led by Musk, has caused a stir by going through government programs to validate funding.

Alarms are sounding in agencies across the government as Elon Musk and his DOGE aides look to shrink the size of the federal workforce. Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens discusses President Trump’s desire to cut down USAID dramatically and explains what Musk’s motivations for accessing the Treasury Department’s payment system might be,