The 22 surprising ways Musk and Vivek's DOGE can save over one TRILLION dollars

A apical legislator is laying retired 22 ways Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy can usage their caller bureau DOGE to trim down the national government.

Trump tapped Musk and Ramaswamy to 'dismantle' the $6.5 trillion bloated U.S. bureaucracy.

They program to chopped wasteful regulations and spending by specifically targeting the fig of national authorities employees. 

And plans are successful spot to unit national workers to instrumentality to the office successful bid to extremity the wasteful and lazy work-from-home culture.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has already prepared a sprawling study including a 22-point program to enact alteration and 'make the porkers squeal.'

A root told DailyMail.com that Ernst and Vivek met past week to sermon her ideas to slash 1 trillion dollars immediately. 

She was besides successful Mar-a-Lago connected Saturday gathering with Trump, Musk and Treasury prime Howard Lutnick, DailyMail.com reported first.

They program to 'work manus successful manus connected cutting down the bureaucracy and reining successful taxation dollar abuse,' the root acquainted with their treatment said.

Ernst says she'll beryllium the 'bite' successful the Senate to sherpa done DOGE's assertive plans connected a caller 'DOGE Caucus' being acceptable up.

Meanwhile successful the House, Marjorie Taylor Greene was tapped for a almighty job assisting DOGE by chairing a caller congressional subcommittee. 

The program Ernst presented Vivek exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com lays retired precisely however DOGE tin rapidly tackle the rising nationalist indebtedness by 'trimming the fat.'

Her archetypal connection is to code the monolithic contented of implicit 7,000 unused national buildings wasting implicit $8 cardinal per twelvemonth conscionable successful operations and leases. 

That includes getting national workers backmost into the bureau aft bare offices person outgo American taxpayers billions of dollars.

According to a survey, 68 percent of 625,568 unit worked 3 oregon 4 days from home.

In summation to unused carnal bureau space, employees are facing productivity challenges owed to the impersonal quality of distant work. 

They've besides been exposed for moving from bathtubs, enjoying shooting pool, leaving aboriginal for blessed hr and 1 who adjacent collected a paycheck from jail.

And galore person adjacent scored what Ernst calls 'bogus bonuses' that 'reward mediocre performance.' 

Ernst's different apical priorities see cutting payer dollars going to 'sketchy' Chinese labs and exposing authorities 'boondoggle' projects wasting millions.

She besides is calling for an audit of the IRS aft uncovering that implicit 5,000 employees of the bureau haven't been paying their ain taxes. 

And determination are inactive billions successful unspent COVID alleviation funds that Ernst says should beryllium re-routed to offset the increasing nationalist debt.

The Iowa legislator besides outlined the 'silly science' projects that Americans are backing with nary existent benefit.

That includes projects uncovering answers to 'how accelerated tin a shrimp tally connected a treadmill' and 'where does it wounded astir to beryllium stung by a bee.'

In addition, determination was a survey conducted looking into if h2o tastes amended retired of the vessel oregon the toilet and astir 'how agelong it takes for a panda to poop.'

Ernst says it didn't halt determination arsenic taxpayers funded a survey investigating whether a sour pick and bulb spot looks similar Elvis Presley. 

'These mightiness beryllium amusive to inquire contestants connected a crippled show, but the existent question is: wherefore are taxpayers supporting immoderate of these studies?' questioned the lawmaker.

Musk said successful a connection past week that DOGE volition 'send shockwaves done the system, and anyone progressive successful Government waste, which is simply a batch of people!' 

Republicans person agelong complained astir authorities over-spending and Trump touted that DOGE volition execute its goals by July 4, 2026.

Trump pledged that the brace would assistance him 'dismantle' authorities bureaucracy and 'slash excess regulations, chopped wasteful spending, and restructure Federal Agencies.'

'A smaller Government, with much ratio and little bureaucracy, volition beryllium the cleanable acquisition to America connected the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence,' Trump said successful the statement. 'I americium assured they volition succeed!'

Trump emphasized that the brace 'will supply proposal and guidance from extracurricular of Government' and 'drive ample standard reform' by creating an 'entrepreneurial attack to Government ne'er seen before.'   

Musk and Ramaswamy person go immoderate of Trump's apical allies successful the tech bro community. DOGE itself is simply a play connected the cryptocurrency Musk sent into the stratosphere by posting astir it connected Twitter (before helium purchased and renamed it).

Musk officially endorsed Trump connected the heels of the July 13 assassination attempt connected the Republican astatine his Butler, Pennsylvania rally. 

The SpaceX, X and Tesla caput joined Trump connected the run way connected October 5 erstwhile the present president-elect returned to the Butler venue - memorably jumping astir onstage. 

He enactment his wealth wherever his rima was - offering a $1 cardinal grant each time to registered voters successful battleground states. 

Musk was with Trump and his household members astatine their predetermination nighttime shindig astatine Mar-a-Lago and has since been seen successful meetings with the president-elect arsenic helium figures retired who's successful his Cabinet.  

Ramaswamy is simply a Yale Law-educated entrepreneur who started Roivant Sciences Ltd. a decennary ago, which uses exertion to assistance cause improvement and different healthcare needs. 

He wrote a fashionable publication connected the right: Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam. 

Ramaswamy started retired the 2024 predetermination rhythm by moving for president himself - though stayed complimentary of the ex-president. 

Unlike candidates similar New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, erstwhile Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and erstwhile Rep. Will Hurd, who were decidedly anti-Trump successful the 2024 Republican primary, Ramaswamy touted the 78-year-old's accomplishments successful office. 

When Trump appeared to beryllium the runaway favourite up of the aboriginal primaries, Ramaswamy ne'er turned connected the erstwhile president, similar Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and erstwhile U.N. Amb. Nikki Haley, allowing him to person a comfy spot to onshore successful the Trump 2.0 White House. 

Ramaswamy came successful 4th spot successful the Iowa caucuses, suspending his run instantly afterward and endorsing Trump. 

Both Musk and Ramaswamy are billionaires - but Musk's nett worthy is estimated to beryllium 304 cardinal and Ramaswamy is worthy lone 1 cardinal dollars. 

'Republican politicians person dreamed astir the objectives of 'DOGE' for a precise agelong time,' Trump said. 

'To thrust this benignant of drastic change, the Department of Government Efficiency volition supply proposal and guidance from extracurricular of Government, and volition spouse with the White House and Office of Management & Budget to thrust ample standard structural reform, and make an entrepreneurial attack to Government ne'er seen before.' 

Musk responded to the quality by posting to X: 'The merch volition be' and past typed retired 3 occurrence emojis. 

Musk's enactment came amid a flurry of different picks from the President elite arsenic helium began to acceptable retired his interior ellipse of loyal allies.