Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and billionaire Elon Musk are leading the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Getty Images/AP Images)
Although it’s unlikely that the entirety of those funds will face complete elimination, sources told the Post that these diversity efforts will likely face cuts to free up spending. DOGE advisors have viewed the document, and it is making its rounds through the committee, the Post reports.
"That’s been sent down from on high, that all this DEI stuff has to go," someone familiar with DOGE’s early plans told the Post. "Once all these guys get confirmed, and he’s the president on Jan. 20, this is going to happen fast and furious."
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on stage as he joins Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Altogether, DOGE seeks to slash $2 trillion from the federal government budget through cuts to spending, government programs and the federal workforce.
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Even so, that plan may be a bit ambitious. Musk recently said that eliminating $2 trillion from the federal budget might not be realistic, and cutting $1 trillion was a more likely outcome.
"I think we’ll try for $2 trillion. I think that’s like the best-case outcome," Musk said during tech trade show CES this month in Las Vegas. "But I do think that you kind of have to have some overage. I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting $1 [trillion]."
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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