Elon Musk at White House Cabinet Meeting: “I just call myself humble tech support here because this is actually almost a literal description of the work DOGE is doing... The overall goal here with the DOGE team is to help address the enormous deficit”

Elon Musk at White House Cabinet Meeting: “I just call myself humble tech support here because this is actually almost a literal description of the work @DOGE is doing… The overall goal here with the DOGE team is to help address the enormous deficit”pic.twitter.com/iuWCNgfnA4

— America (@america) February 26, 2025

Elon Musk’s “humble tech support” comment says it all—he’s not just here to innovate, but to tackle the real issues. With DOGE taking charge, we’re heading into a new era of fiscal responsibility. The deficit won’t stand a chance if this team stays focused!
Elon and DOGE are performing a delicate surgery on a critical patient (USA). It has to be done quickly to avoid as many painful after-effects as possible, but it is a necessary intervention so that the patient does not die and recovers as soon as possible. That’s how I see it.
Elon Musk’s presence at the White House Cabinet meeting, wearing his “Tech Support” t-shirt, highlights his close collaboration with President Trump. Musk’s involvement has led to progress in addressing the migrant crisis, cutting off funding for migrant hotels and enforcing stricter border control policies. Their partnership has also sparked discussions on innovative projects like Starlink, Starshield, and Neuralink, showcasing Musk’s exceptional abilities as a technologist and leader.

JENNINGS: The White House is every federal worker’s boss… the amount of outrage and outpouring of emotion over this ought to tell you everything. We had someone on CNN today – a supposed federal worker – saying she was ‘infuriated.’ She had time to go on CNN, but not send a 30 second email saying what she worked on last week. This is what private sector workers have come to hate about the public sector.

JENNINGS: The White House is every federal worker’s boss… the amount of outrage and outpouring of emotion over this ought to tell you everything. We had someone on CNN today – a supposed federal worker – saying she was ‘infuriated.’ She had time to go on CNN, but not send a 30… pic.twitter.com/8IMpsP9R0Y

— DOGE NEWS- Department of Government Efficiency (@realdogeusa) February 26, 2025

DOGE

This included cancelling a $3M contract for “organizational culture training” to instruct VA leadership on what culture and values they should have. We found nearly $2 billion in @DeptVetAffairs contracts that we’ll be canceling so we can redirect the funds back to Veterans health care and benefits. No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes!

We found nearly $2 billion in @DeptVetAffairs contracts that we’ll be canceling so we can redirect the funds back to Veterans health care and benefits.
No more paying consultants to do things like make Power Point slides and write meeting minutes! pic.twitter.com/z1gv3PKhfA

— VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) February 25, 2025

Today, the Federal Government exceeded $100M in annual rent savings through cancellations of 250+ vacant/underutilized leases totaling 3M+ square feet. With ~7,250 current leases, there is plenty of available office space for the current workforce.
This audit was repeated at the Department of Labor. Initial results: – 380 Microsoft 365 licenses with zero users – 128 Microsoft Teams conference room licenses; only installed in 30 rooms – 250 VSCode licenses; only using 33 – 129 Photoshop licenses; only using 22. – 5 cybersecurity licenses, each with > 20k seats; DOL headcount is < 15k
Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are: – 37,000 WinZip licenses – 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple parallel training software platforms) -7,500 project management software seats for a division with 5,500 employees – 3 different ticketing systems running in parallel Fixes are actively in work.

Former federal employee spills all the secrets about the incompetence and waste in the federal government pic.twitter.com/vl6HTZmhT2

— Crazy Vibes (@CrazyVibes_1) February 24, 2025