If you thought the Trump Administration was finished making cuts to government spending, think again. No other institution on earth can spend money like the U.S. government—the effort by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to get spending under control and cut waste has never happened on this level before. On Sunday, the DOGE team announced another round of major cuts, nearly $2B worth:
Contracts Update!
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) August 24, 2025
Over the last 5 days, agencies terminated 163 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.9B and savings of $647M, including, a $35M USAID contract to “acquire contractor support to establish and manage a flexible, quick response mechanism supporting… pic.twitter.com/5AdFbO5Dx1
Contracts Update!
Over the last five days, agencies terminated 163 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.9B and savings of $647M, including, a $35M USAID contract to “acquire contractor support to establish and manage a flexible, quick response mechanism supporting activities that will support democracy and stability in El Salvador,” a $280K Deparment of the Interior contract for “horse mounted patrol groom services," a $102K DOT contract for an “assessment specialist academics provost office,” a $179K State Department contract for “customized English language training to the US embassy in Yerevan, Armenia,” and a $25K DOI contract to “provide facilitation, collaborative problem solving services.”
DOGE was able to cut $35 million from a USAID program to support “democracy and stability in El Salvador.” Why would U.S. dollars need to support democracy in El Salvador? And frankly, that money was to “acquire a contractor,” which essentially means that money would have gone straight into someone’s pocket with no real results or oversight.
Another $280 thousand dollars for “horse-mounted patrol and grooming services.” I’m not sure I would Google that with my kids around. I understand $280 thousand is not a lot in the grand scheme of government spending, but these numbers really start to add up over time.
And my favorite, almost $200 thousand for “customized English language training to the US embassy in Yerevan, Armenia.” I would actually laugh at this one if it weren’t so absurd.
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Big: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Close Their Doors
This comes after Congress used its rescissions authority to end taxpayer funding for both NPR and PBS. The clear bias by both networks led to these cuts, something that conservatives had been pushing for decades—another accomplishment reaching the finish line by the effort of Congress and the White House. RedState covered the cuts extensively. The New York Post put it this way at the time of the announcement:
“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting – which funds NPR and PBS — will shut down after the loss of federal funding. The decision comes weeks after the GOP-led House of Representatives approved $9 billion in cuts to public media and foreign aid – siding with President Trump’s longtime calls to defund outlets he has accused of having a left-wing bias. Those cuts included $1.1 billion set aside for the CPB over the next two years.”
For President Trump and his administration, the focus on reducing government spending is a win for all of us—even if the left refuses to admit it. DOGE is not done. While President Trump and Elon Musk’s relationship is strained at the moment, the work that both of them believe in continues through the Department of Government Efficiency.
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