President Trump appointed billionaire Elon Musk to lead what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as a special government employee, overseeing major cuts and reforms across federal agencies. On Feb. 13, more than a dozen state attorneys general sued, arguing Musk wields unconstitutional powers without congressional oversight. The Trump administration has pushed back, insisting Musk’s authority is limited, and recently named Amy Gleason as acting administrator of DOGE.
Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Newt Gingrich argues that Musk’s efforts reflect those of a “true patriot.” He says that if DOGE succeeds in its mission, it will mark one of the greatest changes in American history.
The following is an excerpt from the above video:
A recent interview with Elon Musk got me to thinking about DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, from a totally new angle. I’ve been reading about the waste that they’re discovering, the fraud that they’re discovering. There’s no doubt that they’re going to save an enormous amount of money, maybe even as much as a trillion dollars. But as I listened to Elon Musk explain his thinking, I realized that there was an even bigger, deeper impact that DOGE was going to have.
You know, many years ago, in 1952, President Harry Truman said of General Eisenhower: “Poor Ike. When he gets in here as president, he’s going to think that when he issues an order, something’s going to happen, because in the Army, orders are followed up, and people expect to see that you do it. But in the civilian government,” he said, Truman said, “I signed something, and it may or may not happen, I have no ability to go out and track it.
And it reminded me of a rule Senator Connie Mack taught me — that you get what you inspect, not what you expect. Well, what Elon Musk has done is bring in a bunch of really smart young people who really understand information technology, and what they’re doing is going through the federal government, basically monitoring whether or not President Trump’s executive orders are being implemented. And the principle that Musk is articulating, I agree with 100%.
