Doge Vs Dc: Inside Trump And Musk's Ambitious Swamp-draining Dream That Ended In A Bitter Feud

At nan onset of his 2nd administration, President Donald Trump entrusted his caller Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) pinch a slew of monumental tasks – redeeming America from bankruptcy, de-bloating bureaucracy and draining nan DC swamp.

Suddenly nan world's astir powerful man erstwhile again, he enlisted nan world's wealthiest – Elon Musk – to transportation retired nan task. 

"Musk bought Twitter and fired [approximately] 75% of nan staff, pinch nary effect connected its operations from time to day, showing that a batch of organizations – moreover successful nan backstage assemblage – are bloated pinch unnecessary personnel," blimpish writer Stephen F. Hayward said during nan Fox Nation typical "DOGE vs. DC."

The installment, which deed nan streaming level connected Tuesday, follows nan wrong communicative of nan months-long clashes betwixt outsider and constitution that commenced astatine nan onset of Trump's 2nd administration.

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Fox Nation's "DOGE vs. DC"explores nan conflict betwixt nan Trump-created Department of Government Efficiency and nan Washington establishment. (Fox Nation)

With nan U.S. national debt now sitting supra $37 trillion and its compounding liking greater than nan existent defense budget, galore person urged U.S. leaders to return action to mitigate nan crisis.

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who leads nan DOGE subcommittee successful nan House of Representatives, warned if nan soaring indebtedness isn't addressed, it will beryllium nan "end of America."

Answering nan call, Trump initially enlisted nan thief of 2 men to slash waste, fraud and maltreatment rife wrong nan national authorities – Musk and erstwhile 2024 Republican statesmanlike campaigner Vivek Ramaswamy.

The duo's betterment plan, outlined successful nan Wall Street Journal astatine nan time, focused connected deregulation, scaling backmost a chunk of nan national workforce and delivering costs savings for taxpayers, to sanction a few.

DOGE STAFFING SHAKEUP AS ELON MUSK HANGS UP HIS HAT, WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMS

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk be a property convention successful nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, D.C., May 30, 2025.  (REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo)

But erstwhile Ramaswamy bowed retired to prosecute nan Ohio governorship, Musk became nan sole leader of DOGE, and his "de-bloating" skills from nan backstage assemblage abruptly had to construe to nan mammoth-sized national authorities to enact Trump's vision.

As nan Fox Nation typical explores, his first move progressive getting nan national workforce to self-reduce, offering labor a chance to resign and person afloat salary done nan extremity of September. 

According to nan White House, astir 75,000 labor accepted nan offer, but DOGE's activity was acold from over.

Slashing "woke" programs, pausing costs for prime agencies and tearing done bureaucracies to uncover waste, fraud and maltreatment roused left-wing activists and Capitol Hill Democrats who were acold from pleased and accused DOGE of violating nan Constitution. 

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Anti-Tesla vandalism, nationwide protests and ineligible challenges ensued, complicating nan Trump administration's efforts and creating a nationalist spectacle.

Another shakeup came erstwhile Musk's activity ended much than a twelvemonth earlier his slated expiration day of July 4, 2026 and nan erstwhile DOGE lead publically severed ties pinch Trump complete nan "big beautiful bill."

"DOGE vs. DC" features immoderate of nan cardinal figures down nan Trump-appointed task unit that shook up Washington, master commentary astir nan effect of DOGE, nan rustle dealt to Elon Musk's Tesla occurrence and in-depth exploration into nan Trump-Musk feud.

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