I think you are wrong because the illegal spending has been out and will play a big role in this budget, which does not take into account the billions of dollars spent on politicians just through USAID alone. Consider that in your thinking, and guess what, all of Trump’s appointees are still cutting fat in their departments....Consider the fact that the DoD buys nuts and bolts at triple what airlines pay for parts used by airlines, but not by the USAF. I know this because I worked for a long-time airline. We had contracts for AF 1 and the KC10 Tankers and saw the bs that went on with the USAF folks like repainting an access panel we had to open to fix a problem...I am a ex Pan Am mechanic an I miss all my co-workers
The fat that has been cut is already budgeted. And the DOGE claims are being reduced with regularity.
But these issues aside, even optimally the cuts would make up a rounding error in $6.8 trillion budget.
(By the way, notwithstanding all the theoretical savings, I think that the supposed $175 billion price tag for the Golden Dome, should it truly come to pass, will prove to be a not very funny joke.)