If you’re looking at the bottom, you’re not going to find fraud and waste in large amounts. To find fraud and waste, you’re going to have to look at the top.

In other words, the fraud and waste are in the administration leadership. That’s not what DOGE was looking at. They didn’t lay off the people at the top. They laid off the people who actually do the work.

As others have said, it wasn’t about fixing anything. It was about breaking everything.