[thfuran]

But fulfilling obligations isn't inefficiency or fraud, and that's what DOGE purported to be attempting to eliminate.

[ceejayoz]

Musk promised savings of $1-2 trillion. (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj38mekdkgo)

That's more than the entire discretionary budget. Cutting that much requires cutting entitlements, even if the government stopped doing literally everything else.