Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?
We look at whether DOGE - the Department of Government Efficiency - can successfully balance the US budget.
President Elect Donald Trump has created a new government advisory group 鈥� the Department of Government Efficiency or 鈥楧OGE鈥� - to help cut the US budget.
The world richest man, Elon Musk, will co-head the department and has pledged to cut 鈥榓t least $2 trillion鈥� to 鈥榖alance the budget鈥�. But is this possible? We talk to Professor Linda Bilmes about what DOGE could or couldn鈥檛 do and how she balanced the budget in the 1990鈥檚.
Presenter: Charlotte McDonald
Producer: Lizzy McNeill
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound Mix: Andrew Mills
Editor: Richard Vadon
Image: Elon Musk on stage before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on Sunday, October 27, 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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