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# President Trump is Making Government Work for You Again

The White House
March 4, 2025

President Donald J. Trump immediately undertook a bold, necessary effort to downsize the federal government by ending the waste, fraud, and abuse that has permeated virtually all aspects of the bureaucracy — making sure government works for the taxpayers who fund it.

- President Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to maximize government productivity and ensure the best use of taxpayer funds — which has already achieved billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers.
- President Trump commenced his plan to downsize the federal bureaucracy and eliminate waste, bloat, and insularity.
  - President Trump ordered federal workers to return to the office five days a week.
  - President Trump ordered federal agencies hire no more than one employee for every four employees who leave.
  - President Trump ended the wasteful Federal Executive Institute, which had become a training ground for bureaucrats.
  - President Trump ordered the termination of all federal Fake News media contracts.
- President Trump is reigning in agencies overtaken by unelected bureaucrats.
  - President Trump stopped the waste, fraud, and abuse within USAID — ensuring taxpayers are no longer on the hook for funding the pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats, such as sex changes in Guatemala.
  - President Trump ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the brainchild of Elizabeth Warren, which funneled cash to left-wing advocacy groups — to halt operations.
  - The Environmental Protection Agency canceled tens of millions of dollars in contracts to left-wing advocacy groups, announced an investigation into a scheme by Biden EPA staffers to shield billions of dollars from oversight and accountability, and put 168 “environmental justice” employees on leave.
  - President Trump reversed the massive over-expansion of the IRS that took place during the Biden Administration.
  - President Trump ordered a review of funding for all non-governmental organizations so taxpayers are no longer funding those that undermine America’s interests.
    - The review identified 15,000 grants worth $60 billion for potential elimination.
  - The Department of State issued a “pause” on existing foreign aid grants to ensure accountability and efficiency.
  - President Trump shut down the wasteful Biden-era “Climate Corps” program.
- President Trump lifted last-minute collective bargaining agreements issued by the Biden Administration, which sought to impede reform.

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