Faulty math and accounting tricks: How much has DOGE inflated its savings numbers

Faulty math and accounting tricks: How much has DOGE inflated its savings numbers

Between February and July, DOGE’s verifiable savings from cancelled contracts came to about $1.4 billion, far short of the $32.7 billion the agency claimed for that period. How did the numbers get so inflated?

A man sprays paint graffiti against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) on a Tesla showroom in New York, US, April 22, 2025, in this still image taken from video. Extinction Rebellion NYC via Reuters