> although correct in his assessment of the overweening federal bureaucracy
Except he wasn’t. Did DOGE’s cuts exceed even $100B, when he at first estimated he’d cut $2T in a few months?
He thought the waste is because of fraud and errors, when instead there are more systematic / structural issues with the biggest bodies of expense: Medicaid, Medicare, the Pentagon. But making significant changes is unpopular with older voters.
