Not for the government. For people outside of the government tasked with reducing the government. Musk is one of them

Musk did backtrack on the $2 trillion goal.

'Musk told political strategist Mark Penn in an interview broadcast on X that the $2 trillion figure was a “best-case outcome” and that he thought there was only a “good shot” at cutting half that.'

'That figure was quickly dismissed as implausible by budget experts, who said the entire discretionary budget was only $1.7 trillion. Musk hadn’t waved people off the number until Wednesday, and it has been widely cited in reports about DOGE’s plans. '

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-say...

"Half that" is still a massive problem. He's digging himself deeper.

> people outside of the government tasked with reducing the government

My point is we have seen zero evidence of this influence in Trump’s executive actions thus far. DOGE is analogous to the Federalist Society or NRA. Influential. But not policy prescriptive.

2 trillion is not prescriptive, but is there any unambiguous number published officially? Otherwise 2 tril is the only figure publicly advertised and I guess TFA is a sign they are starting to chip at this campaign promise

> 2 tril is the only figure publicly advertised and I guess TFA is a sign they are starting to chip at this campaign promise

Not a campaign promise if it didn’t come from the campaign!

This isn’t cost cutting. The DHS budget hasn’t been slashed. This is deregulation. (Which was a campaign promise.)

Wasn't one of campaign promises to reduce the government? And this is the only figure made public so far

> The DHS budget hasn’t been slashed.

Rome wasn't built (or destroyed) in a day. Once there are no members or investigations then what are the money spent on?;)