Despite aggressive cost-cutting by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, federal spending has reportedly climbed by $154 billion since Donald Trump returned to office.

Government spending is significantly higher under Trump’s second term compared to the same period in 2024 under Joe Biden, according to the analysis by the Wall Street Journal, citing the Treasury Department’s daily financial statements.

The increase—$154 billion—comes even as DOGE, led by Elon Musk, touts $150 billion in cost savings through job cuts, contract terminations, and the rollback of diversity and aid programs.

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    5 months ago

    Soooooo whatcha spending it all on, Cheeto? Elmo, you?

    And of course Elmo didn’t really make anything more efficient, he just looked at the government like an engine, took out the oil and gasoline filter, cuz only pussies use filters , took out three out of 6 cylinder because those three cylinders can just work a little harder, he took out the spark plugs because we don’t party at the government, we just work hard, and he took out the clutch a nf gears because he’s the world’s greatest engineer, right? The engine then obviously never started again but that isn’t the point, it’s much lighter now, not?

    Elmo are workds greatest engineer, yay!

    And a large group of people actually applauded

    Oh, did I mention that an enormous amount of money that elmo possesses he got from those same government for doing shit he never did? Three billion dollars to get us ready to go to Mars and for that we’ve seen Elmo blow up a banana over the Indian ocean. As ridiculous as they sounds, that’s literally what we got.

    Meanwhile Elmo has secrets been killing all the organizations that should control and or stop him, and nobody had batted an eye because that’s the world we live in

    Fuck Elmo, fuck Tesla, fuck spacext and fuck Elmo defenders. No, SpaceX is not an actually great company, it’s a scam company, just like Elmo is.