Musk's DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing [View all]
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
Laura Esposito Breaking News Reporter
Published Nov. 23 2025 2:07PM EST
https://www.thedailybeast.com/musks-doge-quietly-killed-off-after-delivering-almost-nothing/
Less than a year after Elon Musk took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, brandishing a bedazzled chainsaw to showcase the Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting spree, the most significant cut was the agency itself.
Donald Trump’s DOGE disbanded eight months earlier than scheduled, Reuters first reported on Sunday.
“That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told the outlet when asked about DOGE. “There is no target around reductions,” he added.
The first few months of Trump’s second term were dominated by DOGE, the agency headed by Musk with a mandate to aggressively downsize the federal workforce and slash government spending. But the failed agency seems to have accomplished little beyond sowing chaos.
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