The Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) said it has discovered that the US government currently has more than 4 million active credit cards in its books.
“The US government currently has ~ 4.6 million active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~ 90m unique transactions for ~ $ 40 billion expenditure (ING) in FY24,” said Doge Tuesday in a post on X.
Attached to the post was a breakdown of several federal agencies and their credit card use, with the Ministry of Defense First with both the number of transactions (approximately 27.2 million) and the number of individual accounts (approximately 2.4 million).
The then President-Elect Donald Trump, on the left, and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship Rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty images)
The activities of Doge have increasingly examined in recent weeks, with opponents claiming that president Donald Trump Gave billionaire Elon Musk, who was tapped to lead the department, too much power to reduce the size of the federal government.
The new department is also central to numerous lawsuits, where opponents try to block Musk and the Trump government to carry out many of the DOGE recommendations for cuts.
However, Trump does not hesitate in his support of the efforts, so that the work of Doge was publicly supported, while on Tuesday he also issues a memo to order government agencies to be “radically transparent” with the American people about the spending.
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President Donald Trump, on the right, greeted Elon Musk while he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship Rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The Memo argues that the federal government “spends too much money on programs, contracts and subsidies that do not promote the interests of the American people.”
“Taxpayers have subsidized ideological projects abroad for too long and domestic organizations that deal with actions that undermine the national interest,” the memorandum will continue. “The American people have seen their tax dollars used to finance the passion projects of non -chosen bureaucrats instead of promoting national interests.”
“The American people have the right to see how the federal government has wasted their hard -earned wages.”
President Donald Trump immediately speaks when Elon Musk listens in the White House in the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday 11 February 2025 in the White House (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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In the meantime, Doge promised To update her efforts to streamline government credit card use within a week.
“Doge works with the agencies to simplify the program and reduce the administrator costs – we will report in 1 week,” said Doge on X.
