How Elon Musk's $2 Trillion DOGE Experiment Collapsed into Chaos

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What went wrong with Doge? Katy has interviewed Michael Lewis whose new book Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State tells the story of the people who stood up against Doge. Elon Musk and his team of young cost-cutters would even set up camp in government buildings. Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal They were speaking on The State of It USA podcast. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/9Xz9bFN4HBA 00:00 - The Shower Incident: Life Inside DOGE 00:22 - Michael Lewis on Trump’s Second Term & DOGE 01:18 - Civil Servants vs. DOGE "Tech Boys" 01:52 - Elon Musk Sleeping in Government Buildings 02:35 - Is the Federal Government Bloated? 03:39 - The Math Flaw: Why DOGE Couldn't Cut $2 Trillion 05:41 - Chesterton's Fence & The IRS Pitfall 07:03 - "Stunts Over Substance": The Legacy of DOGE Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live t

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