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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joan E Greve in Washington

Trump floats idea to give Americans 20% of ‘savings’ from Doge cost-cutting

A man with a baseball cap listens as an older man speaks.
Elon Musk has been spearheading Trump’s mandate to cut federal costs through the so-called ‘department of government efficiency’, with mixed results. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Donald Trump has appeared to embrace a proposal to share a portion of the cuts in US government spending made by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with all US households in the form of checks, intensifying concerns about inflation potentially rising again.

Trump addressed the idea in a speech at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday, telling attendees: “There’s even under consideration a new concept, where we give 20% of the Doge savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt.”

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