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Incompetence

DOGE Staffer Admits Under Oath: "No, We Didn't" Reduce the Deficit

In a viral deposition, a DOGE employee was asked "Did you reduce the federal deficit?" and replied "No, we didn't." The original $2T goal fell to $200B, then nothing. The chaos cost taxpayers an estimated $135 billion.

Incompetence

Trump's Own Chief of Staff: He Has "An Alcoholic's Personality," Vance Is a "Conspiracy Theorist"

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair over 11 interviews that Trump has "an alcoholic's personality," Musk is "an avowed ketamine user" who sleeps in a sleeping bag at the White House, Vance is a "conspiracy theorist," and prosecutions of enemies "may" be retribution.

Incompetence

DOGE Used ChatGPT to Cancel $100M in Federal Grants

DOGE staffers "in their 20s" used ChatGPT to scan humanities grants for DEI content — the AI flagged an HVAC replacement as DEI. Within 22 days, $100 million in grants were cancelled and 65% of NEH staff were terminated.

Corruption & Grift

DOGE Breached Treasury, SSA, and NLRB Data Systems

DOGE operatives gained access to Treasury payment systems, Social Security records of 300 million Americans, and labor board case data. A whistleblower reported login attempts from a Russian IP using DOGE credentials.

Elon Musk, who ran DOGE and fired thousands of federal workers
Incompetence

DOGE Mass Firings and Federal Worker Chaos

Trump empowered Elon Musk's "DOGE" to slash the federal workforce, firing ~25,000 workers in weeks — including nuclear bomb specialists and bird flu responders who had to be immediately rehired. Courts ordered mass reinstatements.

Corruption & Grift

Musk's $15.4 Billion Conflict of Interest Running DOGE

Elon Musk's companies hold $15.4 billion in government contracts while he runs DOGE, targeting 70%+ of agencies where he has contracts. He filed no ethics forms. Trump said Musk would identify his own conflicts — the fox guarding the henhouse.