They’re not just malicious, they’re incompetent.

DOGE has so far disrupted everything in government bar the deficit

"Outflows from the Treasury have actually risen since January 28th, when Musk first claimed DOGE was saving the federal government $1bn a day."

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/12/elon-musk-is-failing-to-cut-american-spending