What is D.O.G.E, and how much power will it have?

[@JGsgarage_unboxings]

Maybe they will find out where the 830 billion dollars went that the Pentagon lost went to

[@Seedubya]

@@JGsgarage_unboxings probably the same pocket as the fake national emergency for a border wall that was never paid

[@tedtrombley8397]

@@JGsgarage_unboxings I literally said the same thing. If they're looking for efficiency, they should trim at the top.

[@darrysberrys]

lol try trillions over the years

[@stormystrikes]

Exactly! They'll all bend the eventually

[@lousassle4353]

No, they won’t touch military waste

[@ravenzyblack]

The US taxpayers have the money to gain from getting rid of an overbloated and wasteful government.

[@sjenkins91812]

Billionaires like Musk are pretty overbloated and wasteful as it is.

[@mnguardianfan7128]

Two things: 1) A government is NOT supposed to operate like a business. The goal of a government should be to provide the best possible environment for its citizens. 2) The Constitution says that Congress has the power of the purse. One main reason we have such a large debt is because Congress is broken. Our representatives are being led by the nose of rich and powerful people and companies...whose goal is to make money for themselves... not to help the country. Our representatives are bought and paid for... and they aren't there to help YOU.

[@TonerLow]

I am old enough to remember Donald Rumsfeld getting on national television and telling the country that the Bush administration flat out lost 2.3 Trillion dollars up in smoke. Nobody even saw a demotion for that. I am all for this.

[@fire_ant_187x7]

@@TonerLow and the next day we lost the Twin Towers

[@Arisaem]

I don't trust greedy men to get this done 😂 two scam artists 😂😂😂

[@robingalbraith323]

So yes, a guy who has claimed bankruptcy 7 times, a guy who is currently banktupting 2 businesses and a failed politician, would be the obvious group to stop the corruption right? Yeah a guy known for 40 plus years of fraud accusations seems perfect to run an audit right? 😂😂

[@hguy4411]

@@robingalbraith323 shhhh 🤫 facts hurt feelings around here…

[@to6562]

The people of the government need to be held accountable. Signed, The People of America.

[@mnguardianfan7128]

With this government agency being named after Musk's crypocurrency... This is an OBVIOUS grift by Musk to use the US government to make more money. Truly disgusting.

[@mnguardianfan7128]

'the people of the government'... So, you think that civil servants are to blame for our massive debt?

[@balimbula]

The US government ended my career and put me on the street over COVID. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. NO MERCY!!!!!

[@jennifershanks453]

What’s your end game?

[@Induetime7]

@@jennifershanks453 The end game is JUSTICE!!!

[@mnguardianfan7128]

@@Induetime7 No, it sounds like revenge

[@MrMesengr]

Eye for an eye

[@Grogstorm]

As someone who has worked in both government and civilian organizations.. I can tell you, government is super bloated. Too much fat is hampering its effectiveness.

[@Gnomesmusher]

It's super bloated yet Trump is hiring his friends and family to put in charge of the government...

[@638g]

You think it's bloated now? Just wait😢

[@VuongNguyen-cg6yo]

Agreed! Me too with both government and commercial companies in engineering fields.

[@Gnomesmusher]

And yet Trump is filling the positions with his friends and family. LOL You voters got tricked and you still don't see it.

[@9395gb]

It's not bloated. It's overfilled for continuity purposes. Humans aren't robots. They get sick, need leave, overworked, may quit or may die. You overfill the jobs for those purposes. Yes technically 1 person can do a job. But if any of those things happens to that person and you don't have immediate backup you are screwed as a supervisor. You don't have time to just train a new person also if that one person ups and quits, dies or wants leave. It will result in inefficiency and immediate disorganization. A lot of times, most jobs are understaffed. I used to think the same way you did until I saw what happens when you realized workers are NOT robots on an assembly line.

[@ginamcc1]

NONE OF OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS. go get em!!🎉🎉🎉

[@jrcapone1980]

The Federal Reserve is not government.

[@Rothbard_is_God8082]

Its members are chosen by politicians. It's basically a govt agency for all intents and purposes.

[@johnjones3332]

that's a good thing. You sound like a poor a person who doesn't;t understand why we have a independent federal reserve.

[@Rothbard_is_God8082]

@@johnjones3332 Independent of what?

[@johnjones3332]

@@Rothbard_is_God8082 go look at any country without a independent FED…they are all high inflation…or like china…look at our stock market performance…only stupid people and rich people shorting the market want to end the FED.

[@Midwestfamily0629]

😂 a reset will be good for us ALL Politicians @johnjones3332 you have no respect for opinion of others, therefore nobody is going to react this comment. Think outside the box and have an open mind. Shit needs change. BIG CHANGE!

[@OthmanAl-p2s]

DOGE is a very smart idea. Many public workers are corrupt, lazy, and disrespectful. Public money should be treated like holy money and should be managed by humble, respectful, and law abiding citizens only.

[@5five6rudy]

In all reality.. it’s about the spending transparency that we shouldn’t be restricted to see given that it’s our taxes that they are spending.. with that said, we should’ve always had a say in what we want our taxes spent on

[@Rothbard_is_God8082]

There are various defensive reasons why you dont want everyone knowing what you are spending money on.

[@5five6rudy]

Well that could be an understandable exception, but if it needs to be hidden from the general public, we still can’t leave it up strictly for the government to recklessly spend our money which is historically happening especially w/ the current administration

[@somekindaguy2184]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office

[@ginamcc1]

I'm sorry but you are incorrect. It is our business to know where every dimes goes & should be voted on

[@Arisaem]

How much spending will go to this new department of bloat? Vivek got wealthy ripping of share holders with a drug he knew was a failure. Elon been lying for years about his self- driving cars being available next year. 😂

[@fromnsk]

The next department to be found is P.E.P.E. 😅

[@jethuy2]

aayeee!! Let’s pump!

[@The-Kool-_-Aid-Man74]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@danasimeona6068]

Lady please relax, there's a lot of wasteful spending in the federal government. The people of America and YOU know it!

[@IceLynne]

Relax? She's doing her job Karen.

[@robingalbraith323]

Yes and the guy who claimed bankruptcy 7 times and the guy currently bankrupting 2 companies are the peope to do it? The guy with 40 plus years of fraud accusations is the right one to weed out fraud and waste? The guy who bankrupted a casino?! That's the guy you want to trust?! 😂

[@andrewbrady3139]

I know how to cut about $10,000,000 a year just by buying a chemical the DoD uses every day. $12 on Amazon, $1,200 is what government spends for each one. 1,000’s are purchased each year.

[@my1vice]

Wow. A whole ten million, huh?

[@crazyaboutcards]

​@my1vice it all adds up. Cut it all.

[@gustavorodriguez8325]

EXCELLENT...LET'S FIND, OUT WHY PEOPLE LEAVE THE GOVERNMENT AND LIVE LIKE MILLONARS ?

[@RickSanchez-rd5tn]

I have personally noticed that many positions within the school system aren’t entirely necessary. The efficacy of certain positions should have been questioned years ago

[@jerryh2954]

Efficiency with our tax money is good regardless of your political disposition.

[@owlcu]

"A great idea or a terrible idea, depending on your politics" - is she kidding? What could possibly be "terrible" about holding a government accountable for the way it spends of our tax money? This should have been done yesterday, not tomorrow.

[@StevenHagene]

WRAL has become horrible with their political / America coverage. Outside of the weather they are almost unwatchable.

[@bro-yq1hj]

Let's take a step back and see how much power will this department have * describes old meme * It reminds me one old dude with his 30 seconds of history

[@wreckum56]

In laymen terms it’s called a government audit of the government which should have happened years ago! Remember we the people are the government they are the people we hire,if we don’t like the outcome we fire them!

[@somekindaguy2184]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office

[@somekindaguy2184]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office

[@Tula1987]

@@wreckum56 in laymen’s terms Trump is a felon and should have been in prison years ago not running the US

[@NearlyAsleep]

I wonder what will happen to dogecoin when the agency is created

[@secondarycontainment4727]

Hopefully they have the power to prevent another cent from being given to other countries until every US CITIZEN is comfortably taken care of. LETS GO!!!

[@TheHapiTaco]

because if your not in the us you dont have the right to live!!!

[@regxifer2439]

@@Plutogalaxy wtf what are u talking about? Do u even know what communism is?

[@katrinab7657]

​@@Plutogalaxy it's not communism. It's about not inviting 20 million illegals to come into the country and receive tens of thousands in aid while our veterans, seniors, and families live on the streets and in cars. While people go to work but can't afford housing. It's about NOT providing funds to support Ukraine's retirement system when our Social Security retirement system is not funded. It's not about comfort, ease, and a free ride. It's about a basic standard of living for those that are truly trying, and for those who have spent years and dollars pouring into a system that is paying out to everyone else. It simply putting "America First"

[@Blessed.2.Teach.4God]

You do realize there's not a snowball's chance in hell this will ever happen, right?

[@roastbeefy0weefy]

I wish, but pretty sure they're gonna go the opposite direction. That would be more of a Bernie move and there's a reason they stopped him in the primaries. The top recipient of foreign aid (not even gonna type the name) will get their check no matter the administration.

[@722laoschannel8]

I heard on the news a while back that our government spend at least $500, 000, 000 a year maintaining an old warship that don't even in working condition!!!!! Now that is extremely wasteful!!!!

[@SpectreTheHorseman]

It is not a stock. It is a crypto currency. And you don't have enough of it.

[@lockelamora0717]

How ironic. The department of efficiency has two people in charge instead of one. Lol

[@Gh0st3600]

It's not surprising considering Elon is dealing with Tesla, Space X, X/Twitter, oh, and Neuralink.

[@IceLynne]

What a droll comment.

[@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

🤣😂🤣

[@rodneyclark4425]

Do any of you recognize the historical reference to the title of the Doge? it was a title given to a political/religious leader in Italy in the Middle Ages.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Do you realize that only makes sense in English?

[@IceLynne]

No, because it has zero to do with that.

[@aspherical7658]

If you're getting billions in government contracts, and you're the one who gets to run the government efficiency agency, then you are running a scam. Just like the other Doge.

[@andrewbrady3139]

He gave away his patents to ford, Chevy & the world. He could have sold them for billions. Do you really think $ is his priority?

[@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

​@@andrewbrady3139 Getting away with polluting water is.

[@AndrewSlurf]

This is why People are buying doge on Solana these meme coins going crazy for this right now. Department of government efficiency on Solana man idk this might make us rich

[@DrDLAS]

DOGE

[@Plutogalaxy]

More comedy, just like closing unneeded military bases everyone wants it until it’s one in their state.

[@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

Yep!

[@StacyBraiuca]

Except it won’t be a REAL Department because that has to be created by Congress!

[@Anythingforfreedom]

It doesn't need to be a formal department. It's just a group of volunteers. Noone is paid and it will be automatically disassembled on July 4th 2026.

[@AmericanVampLord]

Ha Congress is under Republican control! It will get created and approved!

[@my1vice]

It won't be official. If it was, Elon would have to do a financial disclosure.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Congress is about to find out that the President has far more powers than they think. They allocate money, but how it is spent is entirely on the whim of the President.

[@IceLynne]

They can create it using Congress! 😆 If you hadn't noticed, we (Republicans) have the power...all of it.

[@ProjectGameVault]

We really messed up not investing our live savings into doge years ago 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ethosforeign728]

@@ProjectGameVault 38,000 in stock is good

[@AmericanVampLord]

You screwed up didn't you pal?

[@Eternalwarpuppy]

I spent 500 on Doge when it was 4 cents. I would have a lot more money now if I had bought in sooner or put a lot more in.

[@JohnLucas-g6b]

It's the best idea ever. I'm interested to hear more about all of the wasteful spending.

[@robingalbraith323]

I love the "smaller government" party is literally making a new government department 😂

[@lockelamora0717]

@@robingalbraith323 with 2 heads. Lol

[@crazyaboutcards]

It actually has an end date. 🎉

[@justinkase7763]

Gonna be real interesting. A lot of folks are going to be losing jobs, houses, etc. Taxpayers will be paying more out in unemployment while shrinking the tax base. Kinda reminds me of Jenga.

[@fire_ant_187x7]

So my question is with all the departments that will be cut will that lower the federal income tax?😮 because I wouldn't be happy if they cut spending but didn't lower the taxes significantly

[@justinkase7763]

@@fire_ant_187x7 a lot of tax cuts have been promised, right? Gonna have to cut programs people rely on to pay for those promises.

[@Eternalwarpuppy]

If you had said that taxpayers would be paying more on severance packages, there might have been merit to your argument. However, giving people unemployment benefits instead of a government salary will save a lot of money.

[@justinkase7763]

@Eternalwarpuppy more as in relative to what current unemployment is. I hope for the best but remain skeptical.

[@KathrynRose-schultz-qs6qw]

Restructuring will have growing pains and less money to give away to wars!

[@elizabethmarshall1996]

Nothing like making America great with 2 rich immigrants 😂😂😂

[@albertosaurschannel6946]

Doggie 🐶

[@scotthearts9634]

😂😅 I know right! 😮

[@amirey123]

Remember, the USA has been a corporation for years. Since the ‘30’s’

[@j887276]

I understand & appreciate the information offered here to the uninitiated BUT I am a member in one of the oldest unions in America. Yes, they can fire people. Yes, it's complicated but it can be done. In my experience they may 1st offer a "separation package" for employees who volunteer to leave. If that does not work, union employees can be "furloughed" aka laid-off indefinitely. Yes you're still in the union IF you continue paying union dues BUT there's no guarantee you will ever have an opportunity to go back to work. It's all seniority & skill based.

[@hguy4411]

wow so funny. i hear the next department is called P.E.D.O.S because that’s who yall voted into office

[@Annie261.]

Yall 😂😂😂

[@josephbenham649]

@@hguy4411 you got it backwards homie. The p3dos reside within the establishment, and Trump is gonna show us all when he releases the Epstein list.

[@tonyburzio4107]

TDS is strong with this one.

[@daviddyer6767]

Hopefully DOGE will be $20 😂

[@justwrong-y6d]

Thanks for telling us Unions are our problem Teachers Union Police Unions well Unions are no longer the People's friend Thank You now we know what to do I love a video that actually points to the problem once again Thank you

[@Kingfoster252]

Bla bla bla bla bla bla

[@kennethjohnson2983]

Just shaking my head at this,musk isn't in good faith just as trump isn't either.

[@nicefish10]

Sit down Karen

[@chibabachacho6559]

Dogecoin and Dogechain 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@edwardl.990]

This is a GREAT idea from Trump!! Get rid of the wasteful clowns who are responsible for US being in debt for $35 TRILLION dollars!!

[@my1vice]

Over 8 of that was added under Trump, genius.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Trump was naive the first time, he didn't realize that the peiple working for him were all traitors, every single one. Not this time.

[@thisismyname3928]

@@my1vice ❌❌❌

[@IceLynne]

@@my1vice Can you say Covid?

[@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

Noooo, it's more like Elon wants to cut the agency that fined him for polluting the water around his pet project rocket. The joke's on you. No one will be watching over corporations, regulations will be cut so they are free to pollute, _AND_ *ELON* saves money... oh, and gets his $15 billion in government contracts to boot! Yay, us. 🙄

[@SomeRandomGuy369]

This is what is going to happen. People are going to get layoffs. The ones that don't are going to do less to little work. If you can't lose your job why would you try hard to keep it. You thought gen z was lazy? Try the U.S. government after D.O.G.E. 😂 it's not funny, it's funny this guy was ever put in charge of anything.

[@IceLynne]

That was a snooze worthy comment.

[@Quwucuqin]

It will be like Chinese Supervisory branch that will ensure Anti-corruption or what the Argentina's President did "AFUERA" to all useless agency's and departments

[@bjiggs01]

Elon has a sense of humor. Get over it. I think he's serious about fixing real problems.

[@darrysberrys]

LMAO

[@darrysberrys]

theyre going to cut funding of national services and pocket them/fund their own projects lol

[@darrysberrys]

not to mention he's not even American!

[@MKEB0624]

You guys are so gullible 🤦‍♀️

[@IceLynne]

@@darrysberrys he's naturalized American citizen. Have you ever heard of Google? You should look up information before spouting off.

[@Steve_USA]

Sometimes unofficial offices have unlimited power because not being real departments there are no rules governing their limits. If you wanted to curb oversee them, how exactly would you do it? Could you get a report of everyone they communicate with? Anything about what was said? If they do something unAmerican, what government office is responsible for stepping in or even stopping the action? Can another branch even meddle with Trump appointees of an unofficial kind? Are they just personal advisors You can't overrule?

[@Arisaem]

They won't be able to - neither Elon or Ramasmarmy can even get security clearance. Their new "department" is just more bloat. Elon is trying to get people to do the work for him for free. I hope no one is dumb enough to do that.

[@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

Exactly...

[@vinjulieann1]

If they find any theft or waste of our money - they violated those contracts - adios

[@desireeanne916]

My intuition whispers that DOGE is destined to become an iconic name, one that we can’t fully grasp just yet. It will be remembered in history as a universal emblem, representing all sources under one umbrella.

[@alexgard4968]

This is gonna be awesome

[@wasntanythingmuch]

The takeaway is: bitcoin and dog-e-coin will likely become official US currency.

[@m3528i]

This contracts wont survive massive budget cuts, department shut downs etc. Learn to code?..

[@IceLynne]

They need to learn to assemble parts for their new factory jobs.

[@shaneawhitings]

Good reporting!

[@bradk2080]

Buy doge ul win forsuredont listen to this chick shes umb ss it. Doge all the way it aint guna go down the hype is real dont fsll for the internet or youtube do ur research it is going to the moon do u think richest man on earth is guna let his coin succeed i think so buy it stop being weird and buy lots of it

[@orangehatmusic225]

Well it's not an E.G.O.D.

[@rockerchick4368]

Subscribed. She's GOOD 👍 👌

[@kinsey8109]

Geezuz that poor baby is in for one hell of a life with this one ,,ffs

[@harshmishra2075]

@@kinsey8109 😂

[@blakkwaltz]

Never stood a chance. XD

[@BradleyT2p2]

To the moon 🌝

[@davidback2144]

It's official. That little Shiba has made it to the White House.

[@FCia-zc8zs]

Well, when I made dogecoin. We were at the bar (the story said is fails to hide me). However, there was a dog that run to me and I said, "doggie!" Right then, all three of us was like, yes! That's it! And and Billy asked me how to spell it. I spelled it doge. It's said doggie tho. It wasn't really a joke. -corey

[@rockyroad7345]

If you work in the private sector, you are essential to the profitability of your company and add to the success of the country's economy. If you are a federal employee in a random agency most people have never heard of and sit in an office pushing paper, you are never accountable for poor performance and are not only a drain on the economy but the taxpayers who pay your salary. There are hundreds of thousands of federal employees that could disappear today and no one would ever notice.

[@DatNguyenxd]

Dogecoin 🎉🎉🎉

[@craigslist9176]

When the Pentagon has failed it's audit for the last 7 years, and no one is keeping track where all the money to Ukraine is going, we have a VERY serious problem. As they say, we don't have a money problem, we have a spending problem. This is way overdue. Elon has said he would advise giving them very generous severance packages, so they'll be fine. As Biden's admin said to the coal miners, "just learn how to code".

[@jason4597]

DOGE TO THE MOOON 🐕🚀🌙

[@savagecub]

Federal employees should not be allowed to unionize. The government is not like private companies in that it cannot generate a profit.

[@chiefsnarlsnortz1610]

I don’t believe unions save federal jobs!? Ask the ATC’s that striked!

[@whywelovefilm7079]

They really need to change that thumbnail. I listened to Elon Musk a few years ago and bought a bunch of DOGECOIN. I saw the name Elon Musk and the little doge and thought “OMG! DOGECOIN just went up!” I got excited…

[@donlowrance3954]

She likes to use ‘disruptor’ as a negative term. Disruptors are always present in Paradigm Shifts and this is one for the stagnant government. I am looking forward to the changes for the better it will bring.

[@yupperdude1]

Ahh, the irony when the people that voted for darth vader when inflation goes to levels never seen in history.

[@edenlittle8077]

They call Doge a meme and ridiculous but it made many ppl millionaires

[@bradk2080]

Buy doge ul win forsure

[@cashmoney2898]

They voted for it. L😊L

[@hectoralejandro9883]

Union contracts paid out by Administrations and Agencies will just result in unfunded Administrations and Agencies.

[@sonnygirl8823]

Our government giving Ukraine 6 BILLION DOLLARS by mistake we need something like this!

[@crazyaboutcards]

I've been waiting for this since I saw the movie Dave in 1993. 🎉🎉🎉

[@charlesdean03]

Genius get rid of unions then! the main issue is cause of these things no one can compete and we are all stuck with golden handcuffs...

[@SPenninah0425]

This is funny. The irony about DOGE. It’s inevitable.

[@t0neg0d]

Enough power to suggest moving people's office to Guam with a manditory 5 day in-office work week.

[@scotthearts9634]

Off topic! Congratulations🎊👏 to the news reporter, i pray for a safe delivery!

[@Hunter-j6q8n]

There's always some kind of controversial take

[@kimbobkh7653]

MSTU is up 900% less than two months ❤🎉

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

We can hope!

[@lailaovadia1187]

When millitary charges a few hundred dollars for a 100$ toilet or an astronomical amount for every day nessecity for planes or ships that is stealing our money. Remember the new airplane they were building for the president in 2017 or 18 how much it was going to cost and DJT slshed ir or refused to order it, people sometimes have short memories.

[@mountbara]

Rep senate, rep house. It could be made an actual agency day one.

[@lamrof]

I think they will just close departments or parts of agencies.

[@darrysberrys]

yep and absolve the resources for themselves

[@tonyburzio4107]

You would be wrong. Day 1, entire sections of Washington DC will become a ghost town.

[@Uneasy80]

"don't over think this" as she makes a acronym out of it.

[@anonperson4597]

😂😂😂 the media going nuts over DOGE 😂😂😂. It was chance that the letters of the govt efficiency dept spell DOGE. A beautiful happenstance for this generation lol.

[@JosieB2017]

I have a brother that his brain is a lot like Elons, both of them don’t need the money yet both of them are very methodical with problem solving, both of them think of ways to squeeze every penny out of a dollar and both of them see reason over need.

[@xanax2007]

Like watching a person wacking a wasp nest and complaining they got stung, vs people in full protection torching it.

[@rockyfortner3110]

Not being part of the government, Gives them a lot more power. No pesky regulations to follow.

[@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

Yeah, them pesky regulations that protect our water, air, and land... among other things...

[@loreanjenkins3777]

DOGE is a darn sham

[@dandelionsarefree7436]

Great! We need this so badly

[@renegirard-p8n]

They steal your ideas

[@robertwagner8712]

Wow this is to good to be true I hope musk and trump are safe . Where there’s good powerful men there’s always the bad who feel threatened . JD Vance let’s go !

[@Baron_MiLLer]

*AOC, "If you Voted Against the BiLLionaires than you Voted for Trump"!!!!*

[@techmouse.]

Memes haven't been funny in a decade. Smartphones were a mistake. Normies weren't supposed to find the internet.

[@EpicRainbowLollipop]

@@techmouse. we need to bring back unregulated forums

[@IceLynne]

blah blah blah

[@techmouse.]

@@IceLynne Your dog meme was always unfunny.

[@FDSbeach]

Restructuring Federal Agencies? Hmm,.. PATSY 2025 CONTEST SEARCHLIGHT

[@zeviongray6883]

Hooray for Dogelon Mars (ELON) token...

[@TheFringe247]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@AlternityGM]

Despite its name DOGE won’t be a govt agency but an outside commission that will have no legal powers. It can make recommendations to President/Congress who can accept or reject them. When cuts or changes too drastic various groups will oppose them including unions, private groups and Congress. Veterans Affairs is the largest Federal agency followed by DHS (which includes ICE) and then DoD. Dept of Education is probably the smallest of the cabinet-level agencies.

[@BradleyT2p2]

@@AlternityGM That's too bad, we're broke.