Congress can even override agency actions through new legislation.
Yet the math simply doesnt add up.
While they boast of running government like a business, their analogy falls flat.
Vivek Ramaswamy (left) and Elon MuskKevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Marc Piasecki/Getty Images
Worse, this would crippleessential services, undermining veterans care, national defense, and homeland security.
Musk and Ramaswamys approach suggests absurd outcomes, like abandoning Social Security and defense spending administration.
Who would run these programs or manage the remaining $5 trillion in mandatory spending?
Would funds be divided equally among states?
How would critical services be maintained?
These unanswered questions highlight the chaos of Trumps plan.
Stripping this money from veterans is reprehensible.
We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright, Ramaswamysaidin a Fox News interview on Sunday.
We expect mass reductions in force in areas of the federal government that are bloated.
We expect massive cuts among federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government.
(Musk, of course, is a major beneficiary of government contracts.
DOGE isnt about efficiency.
Their plan would dissolve government functions, betraying even a basic understanding of civics.
Whether Congress will act to stop this impending disaster is one of many questions that will soon be answered.
