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The DOGE Delusion: Trump’s Power Play versus Principled Reform
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The DOGE Delusion: Trump’s Power Play versus Principled Reform

By Nicholas Provenzo

May 28, 2025
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Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—the vanguard of his stated effort to gut the federal workforce and agencies—claims to cut waste and rein in the reckless spending of the state.1 Trump’s supposed attempt to reform this by presidential decree is not genuine and will not ultimately succeed bec…

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