Trump appointees plan major cuts to government agencies

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In a significant development for the upcoming Trump administration, Vivek Ramaswamy outlined ambitious plans to drastically reduce the federal government’s size during his appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo.

The discussion followed last Tuesday’s announcement by President Trump appointing Ramaswamy and Elon Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk had indicated this move would create significant disruption for those involved in government waste.

Ramaswamy: ‘We're Not Thinking Small’ in Government Efficiency Push

Vivek Ramaswamy emphasizes the mission of the Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) is to cut waste, fraud, and abuse.

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During the interview, Bartiromo questioned Ramaswamy about the possibility of eliminating entire agencies, including the Department of Education. Ramaswamy confirmed such plans, adding that they would also target excessive federal contractor spending.

“First, we want to go right through executive action to do the failures of the executive branch that need to be addressed.

The dirty little secret is the people who we elect to run the government, they’re not the ones who actually run the government. It’s the unelected bureaucrats in the administrative state.

That was created through executive action. It’s gonna be fixed through executive action.

Think about the Supreme Court’s environment over the past several years. They have held that many of those regulations are unconstitutional.

Rescind those regulations, and then that gives us the industrial logic to then downsize the size of that administrative state. That can be achieved without Congress.

Score some early wins. Then you look at those bigger portions of the federal budget that need to be addressed one-by-one.

How can the president of the United States, who’s been elected with a historic mandate, actually DO the things that voters voted for?

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They haven’t voted for incremental change. We have voted for sweeping change, and the voters actually deserve to get it.

And we’re focused on how to do that as early and as quickly as possible.”

Ramaswamy explained that their strategy leverages executive action to dismiss unelected bureaucrats, supported by recent Supreme Court rulings declaring many government regulations unconstitutional. The administration plans to collaborate with the incoming Republican-controlled Congress to address remaining budget matters systematically.