Musk Slashes DOGE Savings Forecast by 85 Percent
- rendall6
- Apr 14
- 1 min read
Elon Musk announced that DOGE is now targeting $150 billion in federal savings for fiscal

year 2026 — dramatically scaling back earlier claims. Musk initially projected DOGE would deliver $2 trillion in savings for taxpayers. That figure was halved to $1 trillion earlier this year, but Musk walked it back again at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, saying the revised $150 billion projection will “result in better services for the American people” and ensure federal spending “in a way that is sensible and fair and good.”
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