'This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy,' Musk said, holding the tool above his head at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in February. DOGE claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work. 'President Trump was given a clear mandate to reduce waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government, and he continues to actively deliver on that commitment,' said White House spokeswoman Liz Huston. Trump administration officials have not openly said that DOGE no longer exists, even after Musk's public feud with Trump in May. Musk has since left Washington. Trump and his team have nevertheless signaled its demise in public since this summer, even though the president signed an executive order earlier in his term decreeing that DOGE would last through July 2026. A worker removes the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sign on their headquarters in February in Washington, DC United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington Be the first to comment Be one of the first to comment