Playbook: “He has the money, the platform, a Republican trifecta in Washington and a radically altered information ecosystem compared to would-be government shrinkers in generations past. Trump and his allies are serious about targeting the federal government, which many MAGA figures see as full of disloyalty, for radical changes.”
“But inertia is powerful. Margins are narrow. And even in the minority, Democrats won’t make it easy for Republicans to enact cuts to the social safety net.”
Said Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): “Ultimately, it takes Congress. Congress has to get rid of the spending. DOGE can point out the spending problems and the waste the same way I’ve been pointing it out. But the reason it’s not eliminated is they don’t have the votes to get rid of the spending. So I am very hopeful that DOGE will draw attention to this. … Why is there more waste? Because the idiots in Congress keep giving them more money.”
