How DOGE cutbacks could create a major backlash
www.brookings.edu
Brookings Senior Fellow Elaine Kamarck explores the potential impact that DOGE-led federal cuts could have on Americans.
  • DOGE has been using AI systems to explore Social Security databases, but AI is prone to hallucinations.
  • Widespread cuts to the Food and Drug Administration could significantly undermine the government’s ability to identify the source of foodborne illnesses.
  • In its rush to shut down USAID, DOGE risks further harming the already fragile farm economy.
  • Reducing the CIA or FBI workforce in an era of asymmetric warfare, when threats to U.S. security can emerge from places most Americans have never heard of, may be, as intelligence expert David Ignatius put it, “the Trump administration’s most dangerous misstep.”
  • Makeitstop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    5 days ago

    Trump doesn’t give a fuck if his poll numbers plummet. He doesn’t need to run for office again.

    Sure, midterms could let the Democrats retake the house and senate, but it’s not like Trump is using the legislature right now anyway. So long as the current administration can get away with completely ignoring the law, the other branches of government don’t really matter that much.

    Sure, it’s possible they could impeach him and actually remove his ass from office. But that will require either Republican support which will not happen, or for Democrats to win every senate race, including the safely Republican districts.

    At this point, the most realistic exit from this nightmare would be for the house to change hands so we have a new speaker, then for both Trump and Vance to cease to be available for the job. Trump’s old and in terrible shape, so we could get lucky there (though luck hasn’t been kind for quite a while), but Vance is unlikely to go away on his own.

    • joekar1990@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      Democrats right now are also showing to be absolutely terrible opposition party members. Only a few are constantly speaking up.

      Also might be just me but trump seems to be showing his age more to me in terms of appearance. His hair in particular is more white than ever to me.

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
    17·
    5 days ago

    The fallout from major failures could hurt Trump’s poll numbers

    Pardon me, what poll numbers is the author talking about?