The first phase of the rapid-fire effort by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump to cut waste from government agencies appears driven more by an ideological assault on federal agencies long hated by conservatives than a good-faith effort to save taxpayer dollars, according to two veteran Republican budget experts.
Since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, Musk has dispatched members of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to scrutinize
