Former government efficiency department employee: DOGE may be paralyzed after Musk leaves office

In his first interview since leaving the Trump administration, a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee said that with Musk leaving the Trump administration, his government efficiency improvement projects are likely to stall. The Tesla CEO announced the end of his special government employee status on Wednesday night, but insisted that DOGE will continue to operate. However, insiders have revealed that the department, which has vowed to cut federal spending by $2 trillion, has actually saved only about $175 billion, and the statistics are riddled with loopholes.
After nearly two months at DOGE, Sahil Lavi, a software engineer, predicted that the unit would quickly "die down." "It's like a dying whimper," Mr. Lavi, who was fired earlier this month, told Reuters. "At the heart of the project's charm is Musk himself." He predicted that DOGE employees would "stop going to work one after another, like kids joining a startup that goes out of business in four months."