After Elon Musk urged Donald Trump during his campaign to form a government cost-cutting commission, named DOGE, the initiative led to significant changes in the US federal budget. DOGE, created with engineers and tech experts rather than government officials, was designed to reduce spending by billions. Despite this initial impact on government programs, spending actually increased under Trump’s administration, highlighting the complex challenges of implementing such a drastic change in the public sector. 2025 saw the program achieve significant cuts in various departments like USAID, foreign aid agencies, and even the Department of Education, but the initiative failed to curb overall spending growth. The program faced opposition from many areas, including legal action, public outcry, and internal disputes within the government, leading to Elon Musk scaling back his involvement.