CNN host Abby Phillip dismissed savings discovered by the Government Efficiency Office (DOGE) as a “rounding error” in the federal budget on Tuesday night.
President Donald Trump Established Doge and the executive order of January 20th Added Additional responsibility for government officials to government agencies in the February 11 order. Before Philip argued that the amount was exaggerated, the panel claimed that only $16 billion in savings had been found. (Related: “It's important”: MSNBC anchor jaw hits the floor.
“I mean, I'm just telling you the facts. Well, Doge says they've cut about $16 billion, which is a rounded federal budget,” Philip said. “But of that 16 billion people, they claim they saved 8 billion, which is 8 billion in a single contract, according to the New York Times. We can see that it wasn't 8 billion. It was 8 million people. So we're talking about Penny here. On the size of a $6 trillion federal budget, it's Penny.”
clock:
According to Doge Websitea $55 billion cut has been identified, more than twice the amount Philip told CNN. The site provides savings from a combination of “fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellation, contract/lease renegotiation, asset sales, grant cancellation, labor reduction, program changes, regulations savings.” He says that.
Philip then focused on Trump's promises about tax cuts and future legislation.
“We have a tax bill. The budget is going to be proposed. And it's going to add trillions to the expenditure. So, where does Doge actually make a difference? Or they don't fit ideologically. Are you just cutting things out?” Philip asked former Burgham presidential election spokesman Lance Trober to respond.
“I don't think there was a promise to pay for the tax cuts bill with what Doge did or what they were doing. Trober said before Philippe interrupted, “Eron cuts $2 trillion.” I thought I said I would.”
Monday post In X, Musk said that he “100% certainty” the “size” of waste in the qualification program will be greater than “all private fraud” that Americans have heard. (Related: 'Pretty Nutty': Andy McCarthy dismantles one of Dems' favorite Doge Thaping Points)
Trump appointed Leland Dudeck, head of the Social Security Agency's anti-fraud office, to represent the agency after Michelle King resigned after a clash with Doji.
“We're a month. We're a month,” criminal defense attorney Arthur Adara said. “We're not even a month, right? Not even February 21st. So you know, it's 28 days. It's four weeks.”
All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan newswire service that is free to use for legitimate news publishers that can provide large audiences. All republished articles must include logos, reporter signatures and DCNF affiliation. For questions regarding our guidelines or partnerships with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.
