Cut spending with a scalpel, not a chainsaw | READER COMMENTARY
Elon Musk’s chainsaw may make an entertaining prop but it’s the wrong tool for the budget cutting trade when critical ...
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Will Defense Spending Avoid the Scalpel Again?
Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political establishment more ...
Trump urges DOGE to use ‘scalpel’ rather than ‘hatchet’ for job cuts
Two weeks after Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw boasting about his efforts to slash the federal workforce, President Donald ...
Trump reins in Musk, announces biweekly DOGE meetings with cabinet: ‘Scalpel rather than the hatchet’
President Trump revealed plans for Cabinet secretaries and other high-level administration officials to have more sway in the ...
Trump orders Cabinet secretaries to work with DOGE on staffing, use a 'scalpel' on personnel decisions
All Cabinet secretaries have been ordered by President Donald Trump to work with the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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Musk’s hatchet unleashed chaos, but federal cuts are needed
President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk talk with to reporters near Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)(AP) An ...
Donald Trump is reining in DOGE, saying job cuts should be with a ‘scalpel rather than a hatchet’
President Trump said his Cabinet members, not Elon Musk, are in charge of cost-cutting in their departments, adding that ...
The American Spectator2d
Will Defense Spending Avoid the Scalpel Again?
Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political establishment more concerned with furthering its own interests than those of the American ...