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"Elon is doing a great job, he's finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste" Guess who said that

MrMcCall 2y ago
"The Liar-in-Chief". Final answer, Regis.
like_any_other 2y ago
And the article is correct on the fraud part (I assume), but then conflates this with overall waste, which, judging from DOGE's name, is its main goal. Though it does claim it found zero waste [1], 'waste' is highly subjective - e.g. to some, DEI departments and transgender activism in Guatemala is waste [2]. Simply deciding that all of these programs are crucial and therefore no waste was found, is not honest journalism. [1] not a single instance of fraud or waste has been discovered [2] https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/opinion/transgender-recognition-in-bangladesh-kosovo-guatemala-how-one-usaid-employee-shows-whats-wrong-with-the-embattled-agency/ https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/opinion/transgender-recognitio...
- freejazz 2y ago
  Did you even read my post? Doesn't seem like it. That's what the President said Elon is doing. >Simply deciding that all of these programs are crucial and therefore no waste was found, is not honest journalism. Nor is the description of them as "waste" but that doesn't seem to be a problem when it's something you like.
  - like_any_other 2y ago
    > That's what the President said Elon is doing. Then the article does a great job of debunking that one specific statement by Trump, but not a good job of debunking the entire DOGE department. And I don't particularly care about Trump's random statements.
    - freejazz 2y ago
      Oh, you don't? That's nice for you. I wonder if the general public perceives DOGE as being an effort to root out corruption because that's the only thing the President mentions about. But hey! You don't care!! Also, what's "random" about the statement? It seems pretty specific and relevant to me. I think random would be if he started talking about Rosie O'Donnel again for no explicable reason.

"The Liar-in-Chief". Final answer, Regis.

And the article is correct on the fraud part (I assume), but then conflates this with overall waste, which, judging from DOGE's name, is its main goal. Though it does claim it found zero waste [1], 'waste' is highly subjective - e.g. to some, DEI departments and transgender activism in Guatemala is waste [2]. Simply deciding that all of these programs are crucial and therefore no waste was found, is not honest journalism. [1] not a single instance of fraud or waste has been discovered [2] https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/opinion/transgender-recognition-in-bangladesh-kosovo-guatemala-how-one-usaid-employee-shows-whats-wrong-with-the-embattled-agency/ https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/opinion/transgender-recognitio...

freejazz 2y ago
Did you even read my post? Doesn't seem like it. That's what the President said Elon is doing. >Simply deciding that all of these programs are crucial and therefore no waste was found, is not honest journalism. Nor is the description of them as "waste" but that doesn't seem to be a problem when it's something you like.
- like_any_other 2y ago
  > That's what the President said Elon is doing. Then the article does a great job of debunking that one specific statement by Trump, but not a good job of debunking the entire DOGE department. And I don't particularly care about Trump's random statements.
  - freejazz 2y ago
    Oh, you don't? That's nice for you. I wonder if the general public perceives DOGE as being an effort to root out corruption because that's the only thing the President mentions about. But hey! You don't care!! Also, what's "random" about the statement? It seems pretty specific and relevant to me. I think random would be if he started talking about Rosie O'Donnel again for no explicable reason.