By not targeting major sources of spending like defense, the group has had a minimal impact on the federal budget so far but a big effect on many small companies.
A top administration official said that, without new declines in overdose deaths, tariffs on Canada and Mexico were appropriate. But the kind of real-time data he demanded doesn’t exist.
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
