[skepticATX]

Elon and Vivek have no authority to close a federal agency, and Trump doesn’t either.

We’re currently in the bloviating stage of this election cycle; once attention dies down I fully expect DOGE to achieve very little and to die a slow death.

The sad part of all of this is that the government could absolutely be more efficient than it currently is, while still providing the same services. But that’d take serious thought and consensus building, which the incoming administration has no desire to engage in.

[JSDevOps]

> I fully expect DOGE to achieve very little

There will be a website on Day 1 that will get overloaded with traffic and then it'll be soon forgotten about.

[dpkonofa]

>Elon and Vivek have no authority to close a federal agency, and Trump doesn’t either.

You're right but the Republican-led House and Senate absolutely do have the power to both do that and grant these guys the power to do it.