What we're witnessing with Musk and DOGE is a classic example of performative politics
They say that they're saving hundreds of billions of dollars by axing X, Y, and Z, but then a week later the expected savings ends up becoming a fraction of what they said it would be.
They're saying that they are saving up to a trillion dollars in taxpayer money, but then the Republican-led House just passed a budget for 2025 that will increase the national debt by about $3 trillion.
They're not reducing spending, they're just cutting the funds for protection agencies like the EPA and FAA, and basically eliminating diplomatic foreign aid just so Trump can give more money to the DoD and DHS, agencies who already can't pass a financial audit