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In an unexpected show of bipartisan support, Vermont’s Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has expressed his backing for the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), set to launch in the upcoming administration with the goal of streamlining government operations.
The department, which will be jointly led by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and former GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, has gained attention following President-elect Donald Trump’s recent victory announcement.
Elon Musk is right.
The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions.
Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud.
That must change.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 1, 2024
“Elon Musk is right,” Sanders said in a Sunday post on X. “The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions.”
“Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud,” Sanders continued. “That must change.”
The initiative was unveiled by Trump on November 12, just a week after his electoral success. In his official statement, Trump declared, “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders praised tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday over plans by the Department of Government Efficiency to eliminate waste in defense spending. https://t.co/8CobYOeqpA
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) December 2, 2024
“It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time,” Trump continued. “Republican politicians have dreamed about the objectives of ‘DOGE’ for a very long time. To drive this kind of drastic change, the Department of Government Efficiency will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government, and will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget to drive large-scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.”
The department’s mission has a defined endpoint, scheduled to conclude on July 4, 2026, coinciding with America’s 250th independence anniversary.
