CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten expressed surprise on Thursday that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had been cut by the federal government.
Doge, who fired thousands of federal workers to significantly reduce the federal bureaucracy, has argued that claim. Website saving taxpayers an estimated $100 billion. Enten of “CNN News Central” said Americans believe Doge is targeting waste rather than critical programs, so Americans believe they support cuts. (Related: Scott Jennings speaks to David Axelrod Dems’ strategy to defend all federal workers destined to fail)
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“This was one of the more shocking figures I’ve seen for me. “Wait a second, wait a second, oh my gosh!” Americans in Trump and Kuji’s efforts, Musk and Kuji should have an impact on government spending and operations. Look at this, 54%, the majority say they should do with him.” Opinion survey. “How about accepting Trump, who is trying to cut down on agency staff? Again, we’ll get a 51% majority here.”
“So, yeah, Elon Musk may not be that popular, but it’s the idea of these cuts and the government cuts at least within the federal government, in government agencies, that’s actually having majority support,” he continued. “I was really surprised by this, Kate. But numbers are numbers.”
Bordouin asked Enten that Americans believe Trump and Doge are “cutting” in the federal government.
“What do you think they’re actually cutting? Democrats want to argue that the kind of spending masks are cutting is primarily a necessary program, but that’s only 36%,” the data reporter replied. “A recent Washington Post/Ipsos poll shows that wasteful spending is actually winning multiples here at 42%.”
“And I think that’s why you see it when it’s… Musk and Doge. In fact, the majority believe he should have some influence because they believe he’s cutting unnecessary spending, not the program he’s necessarily arguing about,” he added.
Democrats protested Doge Cuts, which includes outside the headquarters of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Treasury Department on February 4 after Musk announced plans to close USAID.
Additionally, Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett argued in February that he didn’t believe there was a significant amount of waste, fraud or abuse in the federal government.
CNN anchor Pamela Brown said in February that her network confirmed that Dozi had “teached people in Guatemala to “gender-affirming healthcare, Kazakhstan to internet troll and fight voluntary male circumcision in Mozambique, creating job opportunities for young LGBTQI+ people in Serbia.
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