While Musk’s DOGE drew headlines, Trump’s broader deregulatory push is led by OMB and others also charged with cutting spending and slashing regulation.

Conservative frustrations are boiling over Congress’s lack of action to codify spending cuts pursued by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Tech billionaire Elon Musk —

Rather than set government straight, Elon Musk is leaving Washington with the federal budget all cattywampus. Deficit spending is increasing, not waning, and there is a growing school of thought that his “efficiency” effort could end up costing the government as much as or more than it saved.

Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration, and DOGE cuts will soon be in the hands of GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Savings uncovered from waste, fraud, and abuse are no match for spending that lawmakers seem unwilling to restrain.