During an exclusive interview with FOX Business host Larry Kudlow, Tesla owner, SpaceX founder, and current Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk explained how DOGE works and what sort of massive corruption and fraud he has found as his team digs into federal spending. In reaction to the news, social media exploded as angry taxpayers reacted to the rampant waste and fraud.
For reference, DOGE was created by President Trump shortly after inauguration day. They took over a defunct, Obama-era department to maintain a sense of legal legitimacy. DOGE is working to end fraud, waste, and abuse and has focused on headline-grabbing small waste like the infamous plant watering contract while digging deeper into allegedly massive fraud at entitlement programs like Social Security.
To get back to the interview, Elon told Kudlow that DOGE follows the money to find vast amounts of fraud in the outflows of money from federal agencies. He explained, “Well, we just basically follow the money. You know, we look at the President’s executive orders, and we also follow the money.”
Later in the clip, he commented on the massive amount of fraud at Social Security and similar high-cost programs, along with what DOGE is trying to do about it. He said, “What really what we’re adding here is caring and competence and the there’s a massive amount of fraud, of basically, people submitting social security numbers for Social Security benefits, unemployment, Small Business Administration, loans and and medical where those are, those are, those are fake social security numbers.”
He added, explaining how DOGE is fighting graft like that, “So they’re, well, they’ve stolen somebody else’s social security number, and we’re trying to put a stop to all of that. And that’s the number that is estimated to be on the order of 10% of federal expenditures, which is, you know, half a trillion dollars, a huge number.”
In the comment section, users expressed their anger with the situation. One reader voiced their suspicion towards unaccountable NGOs. It read, “When the government can’t do something legally, they use NGOs. Not one federal dollar should go to NGOs. If they are that concerned with it, put the subject they want funded on National ballot and if it passes, go from there.”
One user advocated for transparency in order to clean up this web of corruption. They wrote, “Expose it all! Total 100% transparency… including all the ones who claim to be “Christian” ministries, that give the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his church a bad name. I’m particularly sick of that scam.” Another comment was confused by the opposition to DOGE. The reply wrote, “Imagine hating someone because they’re exposing fraud and saving every American taxpayer money.”
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Another advocated for these organizations to face a government investigation. The comment read, “NGOs are corrupt organizations formed by corrupt groups of elites for the purposes of laundering money and working against the true essence of humanity. President Trump should declare the targeted NGOs as “criminal organizations.'”
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