"Musk's DOGE Slashed $72B: USAID's 99% Staff Cut, Bioweapons & DEI Cuts Revealed"

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established by President Trump's executive order, claims to have slashed billions in spending. However, the agency has not yet provided a public, easily accessible list of all the cuts made. As of late last month, DOGE reported saving approximately $1 billion per day, with the US Debt Clock indicating savings of over $72 billion at the time of publishing.

Despite the lack of a comprehensive public list, some specific items have been verified by the official DOGE account on X. These include:

• $165 million cut from 36 consulting contracts across six agencies, targeting "strategic communication" and "executive coaching," including a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contract for "people and culture survey and climate support services."
• $15 million cut from three DEI training grants.
• $45 million cut from DEI scholarships in Burma.
• $420 million cut from current and impending contracts, including DEI contracts and unoccupied buildings.
• $250 million cut from 199 contracts across 35 agencies, including contracts for climate change services and workshops.
• $110 million cut from 78 contracts across DEI, Non-Performing, Media, and Consulting categories, including one for "groundwater exploration and assessment in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania."
• $30 million cut from 12 consulting contracts in GSA and the Department of Education, including a $23 million work order for "digital modernization Program Management Office support."
• $3 million cut from 12 underutilized lease cancellations.

One of the most public and controversial areas of cuts has been at the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID). The agency's staff has reportedly been reduced from thousands of employees worldwide to just 290 foreign service officers and civil servants. Musk has accused USAID of spending millions on bioweapons research, attempts to influence news media through government-paid subscriptions, DEI spending, and other activities. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has also mentioned specific spending cuts at USAID, including:

• $2 million cut from funding for