Musk says DOGE is in almost every federal agency and plans to double staff

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Source: NBC News

March 10, 2025, 6:01 PM EDT


Trump adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he plans to double the size of his staff in the Department of Government Efficiency, which he noted is already working inside nearly every federal agency. Musk's comments about DOGE came in an interview on Fox Business as his budget-cutting team has faced growing pushback not only from the courts and congressional Democrats but also from members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet.

Musk said that DOGE has about 100 staff members and that he planned to increase it to about 200. "We're trying to act broadly across all departments, so it's not just one department at a time," he told Larry Kudlow, a Fox Business host who worked in the first Trump administration. Kudlow asked whether DOGE was in all federal departments. Musk responded, "Pretty much, yeah."

Musk's team initially focused its cuts on a few government offices, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, but it has since expanded widely. That has prompted lawsuits from state attorneys general and other plaintiffs arguing that Musk and DOGE have exceeded their authority under the law and the Constitution.

Musk spoke about DOGE's direction Monday despite not having the title of DOGE administrator. The White House has said another administration employee, Amy Gleason, is DOGE's acting administrator, though it has also said Musk is overseeing the office. Trump has said Musk is in charge.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/musk-says-doge-almost-every-federal-agency-plans-double-staff-rcna195735

[Afrocat]

1. ugh

I can not begin to describe the level of anger I have over this. The level of ineptitude and lack of concern republicans have over this. This is not ok, this would never be OK for ANYBODY to do. Let alone some incompetent asshole who only knows halfassery and theft.

[Harker]

2. DOGE.

Destroy
Organized
Government
Entirely

[KarenS]

3. soooo Whatever he's 'saving', he'll be spending on salaries.

[LiberalArkie]

4. But will Musk cut the budget for the White House and for Mara Lago?

[LaRaven]

5. He's tanking Tesla and his other failed businesses

to infiltrate them into OUR government. He truly is a dangerous, mad, drug-addled villain. How can anyone respect what this creature even says? He HAS to go!

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Is this from the guy who isn't running DOGE?

"Trump adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he plans to double the size of his staff in the Department of Government Efficiency."

I predict Musk will ultimately flee the US after his work leaves such a mess he bleeds the treasury and becomes a national pariah. I hope he takes his buddy with him.

[GB_RN]

7. No, No, No!

Would someone please, PLEASE go arrest his ass - on state privacy laws, so Cantaloupe Caligula can’t pardon him. He has no authority under any law or constitutional provision, to be doing ANYTHING he is. Eloon and his Muskrats are screwing up the federal government (by design), and have access to our private information that’s stored in the Departments of Education, HHS (Medicare/Medicaid), and Treasury (IRS)…and that’s at minimum!