The Left is angry that Musk and Trump are cutting waste. But now they can’t contain themselves.
Because Elon Musk made this announcement that sent Democrats into a hysterical rage.
A Deep Dive into Government Waste
President Trump and his Cabinet secretaries gathered Monday for a candid session, pulling back the curtain on their aggressive push to curb government spending.
The spotlight was on wasteful programs and questionable contracts they’ve axed, shining a light on a bureaucracy they argue has spiraled out of control.
It was the third public meeting of Trump and his full Cabinet, and this time, Elon Musk—leading the charge on the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—joined the discussion, bringing his outsider perspective to the table.
The president didn’t sugarcoat the stakes. “I have no idea how it plays out in the public … but it’s something that has to be done,” he said, acknowledging that trimming the fat might ruffle feathers.
DOGE’s mission to downsize has sparked backlash, with critics arguing it’s gutted agencies and left thousands jobless. Musk, an advisor rather than a Senate-confirmed official, has become a lightning rod in the debate, but the administration pressed forward, unveiling eye-popping examples of excess that left even Trump stunned.
“The numbers are beyond our wildest expectations,” he exclaimed as his team laid out the findings.
Absurd Expenditures Exposed
The revelations ranged from bizarre to baffling. Musk zeroed in on the Small Business Association, pointing out loans handed out to kids—including three totaling $30,000 to 11-year-olds and a jaw-dropping $100,000 to a 9-month-old. “That’s a very precocious baby,” he quipped, pointing to the absurdity.
Meanwhile, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin spotlighted a $2 billion grant from the Biden era, funneled last year to Power Forward Communities—a climate outfit tied to Georgia progressive Stacey Abrams.
Zeldin noted the group got just $100 in tax funds in 2023, making the sudden windfall a glaring red flag. That cut was part of a $22 billion rollback in contracts, he added.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum chimed in with his own head-scratcher: $830 million blown on vague “surveys” by his agency. “The surveys came back and it was a survey like eight and a half by 11 sheet of paper with ten questions that anyone’s, you know, child in junior high could put together or AI could have done,” he said.
“$830 million so that’s one that we’ve stopped.” Then there was Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who rattled off a list of axed projects: $300,000 for “food justice” education aimed at qu**r and transgender farmers in San Francisco and New York, $600,000 to study transgender men’s menstrual cycles, and another deal pushing diversity in pest management.
“Again, these are nonsensical. It makes zero sense to use taxpayer dollars to fund these,” she said. “I know these are just a few examples of the hundreds we’ve found.”
Fallout and Further Scrutiny
The $2 billion Abrams-linked payout sent shockwaves beyond the Cabinet room, catching the eye of lawmakers eager to dig deeper. Rep. Jason Smith, the Missouri Republican chairing the Ways and Means Committee, fired off a letter to the IRS that same day, calling for a probe into the New Georgia Project—another Abrams-founded group—and pushing to strip its tax-exempt status.
Founded in 2013, the organization’s already under fire: in January, the Georgia State Ethics Commission slapped it with fines for hiding $4.2 million in campaign contributions and $3.2 million in spending during Abrams’ unsuccessful 2018 run for governor.
The meeting painted a vivid picture of an administration determined to root out what it sees as frivolous spending, even as it navigates pushback over the human cost of those cuts.
From toddler loans to dubious billion-dollar grants, the examples laid bare a system ripe for overhaul—leaving observers to weigh whether the savings justify the shake-up or if the pendulum’s swung too far.
