President Donald Trump’s creation of a Department of Government Efficiency on Day One of his second presidency, and delegation of responsibility for its oversight to Elon Musk, has resulted in revelations of extraordinary waste and fiscal irresponsibility not only within aid agencies but within government departments.

Among the more astonishing (and infuriating revelations) are the following:

Americans (including Trump) had long suspected that our tax dollars were being misspent, and Trump promised that he would investigate it, expose it and stop it if elected in 2024. Trump’s reelection demonstrates — among other things — that the 77 million Americans who voted for him took that promise seriously.

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