The first plan to go back to the federal government under President Trump began with three faithful billionaires. Banker Howard Rutonic, Technical Leader Elon Mask, entrepreneur Vivec Ramaswamy.
Now it is one.
Lutonic appeared as Trump was chosen to operate the Ministry of Commerce. Ramaswamy has decided to leave the project just before Trump took office on Monday.
As a result, Musk, the world's most wealthy person, has completely led the federal cost reduction efforts that Trump has potentially praised as “Manhattan Project” and our era. Musk still has no idea how he will behave his integrated power to set the so -called government efficiency tempo and target. But his first movement suggests that he will supervise something close to IT projects to reduce at least $ 2 trillion from the federal budget that Musk once predicted.
Musk -led projects debuted this week with a little bureaucratic Jiu -Jitsu. It is the acquisition of the existing arm of the White House, which has focused on improving government technology for the past decade. Currently, the US digital service, which has been renamed the United States Doge Service, was established in 2014 to fix a failed computer system that threatened the success of Barack Obama's health insurance overhaul.
Musk, who reduced 80 % of Twitter work after purchasing a social media company two years ago, aims to conduct a review of at least 200 employees working in the office. According to his two people who are familiar with his plan, their job talked about anonymity conditions to explain internal plans.
From this new stop of the administration, Mr. Musk quickly won a roadmap to federal bureaucracy, quickly evaluated the technical abilities of institutions and departments, and could identify potential changes. He is also expected to maintain an office in the waistwing. Musk's allies, on the other hand, have secured an important post of the administration. Until this month, Amanda Scale, who had been working for Mr. Musk's artificial intelligence company XAI, is the chief of the Human Resources Management Bureau, a powerful institution that supervises government employment.
Musk posted a Mask last week on his social media platform. Since it was renamed X, he has suggested the magnificent ambitions of his new project and compared his approaching effect on his company's rocket fuel.
“The important thing is to make important changes, solidify those changes, and to strengthen the United States forever for centuries,” Musk said at a Trump rally on Sunday Washington. Ta.
However, budget experts have stated that the decision to change the brand of the previous digital office to DOGE has shown a potential restriction on effort.
Mr. Trump initially stated that his government overhaul “reducing unnecessary spending” and “reducing excessive regulations”, but these goals explicitly layout in the order of creating a new group on Monday. He said that he was not done.
DOGE has been recommended to reduce federal labor in the next 90 days and play an important role in overhauling employment practices within four months.
However, the office has no authority to approve expenditures. That authority remains in Congress.
Romina Boccia, the director of the Libertarian Kato Research Institute's budget and qualification policy, said that focusing on the modernization of government technology would help to deal with inappropriate payments. However, she said that it would be much less than Musk's promised, at best it would save tens of billions of dollars.
“My ironic shop has noticed that DOGE is probably too ambition and to achieve the first goal of reducing $ 2 trillion,” says Bocchuaa. I said. “They are narrowing the range to something that is easier to manage.”
The White House spokeswoman did not respond to the comment request. Musk's spokeswoman refused to comment.
During the presidential election last year, Musk stated that DOGE could reduce the $ 6.75 trillion federal budget, at least $ 2 trillion, about 30 %. Recently, he has reduced the estimate to nearly $ 1 trillion. During the first Trump administration, expenditures jumped from about $ 5 trillion to about $ 8 trillion, partially due to COVID-19 rescue activities. Mr. Trump, heading for his second phase, pledged to avoid the reduction of social security and medical care, about one -third of the federal spending.
Nevertheless, some of the federal governments said that the effects of Dougi could be substantial because Musk and his allies acted from the federal government, not outside. Trump's order called for the DOGE team to be embedded in federal agencies like IRS. This is to provide advice to the White House budget staff, mainly for Trump's changes from the original plan, mainly outside the government. Most DOGE staff will be full -time government officials, according to those who are familiar with the plan.
Donald F. Kettle, Director of the University of Maryland University, said:
The simplification of government systems is a tool that gives a great profit for taxpayers, according to the latest digital managers, MINA HSIANG, and the better technology is to submit taxes and veterans. He states that it is useful to access welfare.
“If they chose to work on everyday problems that would affect all Americans, they were able to accomplish a lot,” said Hsiang, who was appointed by the Biden administration. Ta. “If they are working on programs that are deeply hostile to the institution, they are unlikely to accomplish important things.”
The full range of how DOGE works and what it does can be protected by the general public. Musk wants to participate in the government as a special government employee, according to his familiarity with his plan. This is designated to avoid triggering transparent laws that require a government panel, including a civilian meeting in public and enabling documents to be used. 。 It is still unknown whether many other DOGE staff have that specification.
Mr. Trump signed this week this week to enact the freezing of the federal employees. I emphasized how wide the authority of the group was. DOGE will help you to reduce the scale of federal labor by improving and exhaustion, “improving efficiency and exhaustion.”
Mr. Musk's team is integrated closely with his Doge Aides, who has a knowledge of his placement, with his DOGE AIDES. The federal government has been sending a list of all workers who have fallen into the career observation status by Friday, and thus the new Chief of Staff of the office.
An ally of another mask is also preparing to participate in the administration: Michael Grimes of Morgan Stanley, a star silicon valley bunker who supported the purchase of Twitter, seems to be a temporary fellowship before he returns. According to the people who explain the conversation, the bank tells their friends that they are likely to take a role. His interest was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The early focus of DOGE seems to be IRS, a vast institution with more than 80,000 employees who collected nearly $ 5 trillion tax revenue last year.
According to the three people who are familiar with work, people involved in Dog, including high -tech investors Baris Akis, focus on updating the tax collector's technology system, focusing on the agency review of the transition team in the IRS. I am. Mr. Musk criticizes the institution related to X as having outdated information technology.
People said that the new government's goal was to reduce the number of IRS employees by automating more work. This week, Mr. Trump's order has temporarily frozen employment throughout the federal government, giving DOGE to keep freezing in IRS indefinitely.
Focusing on Musk's technology was at the center of the philosophical gap with Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur of Biotechnology in Ohio, and eventually he was forced to leave Douji.
Ramaswamy, a lawyer who has been trained by Yale, is a more policy -led approach that he frequently expanded from the trajectory of the campaign to “dismantle administrative nations”, focusing on the rescue of regulatory authorities. I told the public.
Ramaswamy's spokesman refused to comment.
The two men publicly welcomed the opportunity to lead the Douge for Mr. Trump, and even had the possibility of hosting weekly podcasts. However, according to the assistant officer of the transition, the difference in how to set priority has led to a problem behind a closed room.
The differences in opinions included the minimum internal communication software used. Musk's discomfort was clear because he personally criticized Ramaswamy's approach to associate work on associates and kept a more high -tech -based approach plan.
Ramaswamy focused on awarding the budget Hawks in Congress, but some of the closest friends of Musk in Silicon Valley are at Maruarago, a florid resort of Trump on behalf of Trump's Union. We interviewed. Some Lamas Wamy's alliance believes that Ramaswamy has become a “body” by Mr. Musk.
Some of Trump's advisors were wary of Ramaswamy during the shift. Former presidential candidates were concerned that he had used his own place in the government to leave his name to the news and safe to the political office.
Others argued that Ramaswamy's interest in long -term budget reduction means focusing on changing political processes.
As soon as Ramas Wamy ended the presidential election in early 2024, he began to think about Governor Ohio. However, according to Ramaswamy Allies, the division over Doge's execution rushed to his decision to leave.
Both men close to men said that their differences were philosophical and not personal. For example, Musk tells the people that he plans to support Ramaswamy's final bidding for the governor.
It was clear that DOGE had room for only millionaire.
Andrew Duren,, Morreen Farrell,, Mike Isaac,, Kate Kelly and David E. Sangger Contributed report.
