In a revealing interview on Senator Ted Cruz’s podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” tech mogul Elon Musk shared some startling insights about the workings of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump Administration. The episode, co-hosted by Ben Ferguson and filmed at the White House, unveiled significant findings from DOGE’s investigations.
Musk disclosed that DOGE had uncovered millions of government-issued credit cards, each with a $10,000 limit. The department is reportedly saving the American taxpayers approximately $105 billion through strategic measures like asset sales, contract cancellations, and fraud elimination.
Despite these savings, Democrats are attempting to block DOGE, challenging its authority and operations with nearly a dozen lawsuits. Additionally, 14 states have reportedly formed an alliance to counter DOGE and Musk through coordinated legal actions.
In a recent update, DOGE announced that it had deactivated 200,000 government credit cards across 16 agencies. However, a staggering 4.6 million cards remain active.
Weekly Credit Card Update! Pilot program with 16 agencies to audit unused/unneeded credit cards. After 3 weeks, >200,000 cards have been de-activated. Great progress this past week by @HHSGov @Interior As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active…
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE)
March 11, 2025
Musk remarked, “DOGE found twice as many credit cards as there are humans. And these are cards with $10,000 per month limits! That’s a lot of money!” He emphasized that the waste-to-fraud ratio is approximately 80% waste and 20% fraud.
NEW: Elon Musk opens up about waste and fraud DOGE is exposing “Most of what DOGE is finding, you don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes. It’s very obvious, basic stuff,” @elonmusk said “We found TWICE as many credit cards as there are humans. And these are cards with $10K per…”
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor)
March 17, 2025
Further, Musk revealed a significant scam involving nonprofits, stating, “The government can give money to so-called nonprofits with very few controls, and there’s no auditing of that nonprofit.” These nonprofits reportedly misuse billions of dollars from the U.S. government, with figures like Stacey Abrams allegedly exploiting the system.
“They then give themselves extremely lavish, like insane salaries, expense everything to the nonprofit – you know, buy jets and homes all sorts of things,” Musk added.
ELON MUSK: “One of the biggest scams we’ve uncovered is that the government can give money to so called non profit with very few controls and there’s no auditing of that non profit.”
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge)
March 17, 2025
