Posted on 07/07/2026 7:54:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The temporary organization behind the Department of Government Efficiency reached its scheduled termination date Saturday, July 4, 2026.
President Donald Trump's executive order last year creating the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization set a July 4, 2026, termination date for that temporary organization.
"A smaller Government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy, will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence," Trump said when he announced the initiative.
DOGE claims it saved $215 billion, including by slashing duplicative software licenses, canceling diversity, equity and inclusion grants and terminating leases for underused office space. The figure has been disputed, and DOGE’s public receipts do not fully document the headline savings claim. The webpage showing DOGE's savings listed $215 billion in estimated savings as of Sunday.
Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk, who led DOGE's cost-cutting efforts when Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, stepped down from the department in May of last year.
"The final step of @DOGE is to delete itself," Musk said in December 2024.
DOGE initially aimed to save $2 trillion in government cuts before reducing its goal to $1 trillion.
In its final social media post, DOGE said: "While the formal mission of DOGE has come to an end, the mission to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse will continue."
"Good stewardship of taxpayer dollars and accountable government are not temporary initiatives," the July 4 X post reads. "We hope those principles endure long into America’s next 250 years. It has been our greatest honor to serve the American people. Happy 4th!"
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It should be made semi-permanent, for 5 years and then re-authorized................
saved nothing, but it made great press releases.
“There’s nothing closer to everlasting life on Earth than a government program’’.- President Ronald Reagan.
It ended itself, which is the difference between it and a self replicating democrat program.
It needs to be an agency
...and to date, not one single person has been arrested for fraud.
See my tagline. Trump was 100% right on this issue.
DOGE should be replaced by DOCG (eDpetment of Constitutional Gov’t) and nuke the 80%+ unconstitutional gov’t.
There would be immedate benefits for freedom and the economy would boom!
Need legislation for that! Almost all of that exists due to legislation. Perhaps you agree with the Paul Begala School of Governing - “Stroke of the Pen, Law of the Land. Kinda’ Cool” ?
Nice to see that this act has ended.
I would do it all again in about 11 months. Squeeze them so hard their little liberal heads explode.
Been there and done that in 1787 with the signing of the United States Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land (US Const., Art. 6, Cl. 2) and every Congressional act since then PURSUANT to the Constitution. All other naitoanl laws for Congress should be nullified and overturned as unconstitutional.
So you’re telling me you have a magic wand that makes past legislation disappear.
Is that the only way to repeal unconstitutional legilation?
Only non-magical means is voting by legislature (takes hard political work & discipline) to repeal and USSC challenge. Of course you can go shout ballot box fail now bulletbox, see how far that gets you and how effective!
We’ll see.
I’m prayerfully hoping that a huge change is coming to America - one that will astonish people: SMALL gov’t (except the military) and BIG indiviual freedom from gov’t.
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