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FACT SHEET: Elon Musk Exits Trump Administration In Disgrace After Months of DOGE Attacking Working Families

By May 29, 2025No Comments

Elon Musk Leaves DOGE After Grifting Multi-Billion-Dollar Contracts, Gutting Social Security, Attacking Science And Biomedical Research, And Sending The Federal Government Into A Tailspin While Offsetting Any “Savings”

 

Last night, Elon Musk announced his departure from the Trump administration after spearheading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has accomplished nothing but hurting Americans. Months ago, he promised to fight fraud and find savings – but in the end, Musk was the only one who benefited financially, with his net worth skyrocketing and his companies SpaceX and Starlink inking billions in federal government contracts. Meanwhile, DOGE’s cuts have stripped working families’ access to Social Security, and millions of Americans will feel the effects of slashed scientific grants and health research for years to come. 

DOGE IN REVIEW

  • “NET MONEY SINK:” DOGE Costs Overwhelmed Any “Savings.” One source noted that DOGE’s numbers were “based on speculative, never-used figures,” and outside analysts suggested that the cost of implementing the cuts would virtually offset the savings. The New York Times even called DOGE “a net money sink.”
    • NEVER HIT THE MARK: DOGE Barely Hit Just 8 Percent of Elon Musk’s Goal. In fact, by April 2025, the DOGE website projected that it would meet just 8 percent of Elon Musk’s goal of cuts – less than half of which could be directly tied to cancelled projects and contracts listed. Even so, many of those receipts could not be verified by analysts.
  • ATTACKING SOCIAL SECURITY: DOGE Cuts Gutted Social Security. DOGE gutted the Social Security Administration, threatening benefit distribution and administration after unlawfully accessing the sensitive data of hundreds of millions of Americans.
    • After ending phone services and reducing staffing, DOGE cuts are estimated to cause 2 million extra visits to field offices, and one staffer called the cuts “complete, utter chaos.”
  • SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH UNDER FIRE: DOGE Targeted Biomedical Research and Science Research Grants. DOGE cuts targeted cutting-edge research, gutting NASA funding, NSF funding, and NIH funding behind major science projects with huge implications for national security as well as biomedical research that develops cures and treatments for disease.
  • GRIFTING FOR MUSK: DOGE Secured Multi-Billion-Dollar Contracts With Elon Musk’s Companies. While running DOGE, Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts allowed his companies, SpaceX and Starlink, to ink contracts with the federal government worth billions of dollars for internet services, satellites, national defense, rockets, and more.
  • TOP-SECRET INTELLIGENCE UNLAWFULLY ACCESSED: DOGE illegally accessed highly sensitive intelligence secrets.
  • SHUTTERING KEY PROGRAMS: DOGE Ended Dozens of Key Federal Programs. DOGE shuttered USAID, and cut billions in contracts, grants, and leases from key programs in the Departments of Health & Human Services, Defense, Education, Safety, Homeland Security, and more.

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