DeutschFor a year, it was considered a political experiment with an entertainment factor: the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ – DOGE for short – the agency that Donald Trump had launched as an election promise and which, under none other than Elon Musk, was supposed to find potential savings in the state budget. The name, allegedly a subtle jab at Musk’s favorite memecoin Dogecoin, raised eyebrows and generated clicks early on. But now it’s clear: The agency no longer exists. Officially. For good. And without a happy ending.
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This was confirmed by Scott Kupor, the head of the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to the Reuters news agency. His concise statement was: “Such an agency no longer exists. It is not an independent body.” With this, Kupor puts an end to months of speculation that had been swirling through Washington since spring. There were rumors of an internal dissolution, coordination problems, political headwinds, and whether Musk had long since pulled out. But no one wanted to say it until now.
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However, the dissolution had been anticipated for some time. In recent months, Trump himself barely spoke about DOGE in the present tense. At rallies and on panels, he slipped into the past tense when describing the once grand mission. No plans, no updates – just a brief shadow of a project that never really took off.
The idea behind DOGE originally sounded like Silicon Valley in government format: streamline bureaucracy, reduce government spending, digitize processes, all under a tech billionaire who liked to portray himself as a ‘Chief Efficiency Officer’. However, it turned into a patchwork of jurisdictional disputes, unclear responsibilities, and a political climate that reinvented itself daily. According to Reuters, all of the agency’s tasks have since been transferred back to the OPM. The staff has been transferred to other departments – the classic government approach for failed projects.
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For Musk, this closes a chapter that was important not only politically but also symbolically. DOGE was seen as an attempt to inject his management mentality into Washington’s offices. The entrepreneur repeatedly promoted the project with enthusiasm on his platform X. That moment became legendary when he brandished a chainsaw, inspired by Argentine President Javier Milei, who wanted to shrink the state with it. “Bureaucracy needs a chainsaw,” Musk declared at the time – a phrase that immediately spread.
Failed to Energize the Dogecoin Community as Hoped
However, the relationship between Musk and Trump cooled down. Trade disputes, disagreements over electric car subsidies, and even an ‘Epstein allusion’ mentioned by Musk directed at Trump created fault lines. While they later reconnected, DOGE was already clinically dead by then. Public support completely evaporated.
Ironic side effect: Some fans initially hoped that DOGE – solely because of its name – would energize the Dogecoin community. But instead of a price surge, there was only irritation, later head-shaking. In the end, DOGE remained a political curiosity that didn’t even remotely fulfill what it promised.
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Thus, a widely clicked election promise became one of Washington’s quietest endings. No press conference, no official dissolution ceremony, no drama – just a simple statement from an agency head: “This agency no longer exists.” And with that, the DOGE chapter is closed before it even truly began. (mck)
