Elon Musk believes the addition of a DOGE clock to the US Debt Clock website is a “start” in the battle to eliminate waste and fraud in the federal government.
The tech billionaire and head of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency reacted to a post on X thanking him for the “historic” efforts to save U.S. taxpayers billions.
It’s a start https://t.co/3Qqry2lCFV
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 8, 2025
While the website, “USDebtClock.org,” has tracked the U.S. national debt for years, it only recently added a golden box labeled “D.O.G.E. Clock.” The site explains that it is not associated with any U.S. government agency and is also not affiliated with, or funded by, any political party, organization, or lobbying group.
It notes that it is also not affiliated with the physical National Debt Clock based in New York City “or any other Debt Clock Online.”
Have you seen the new addition to the US debt clock? pic.twitter.com/WEFw8EIHw2
— It’s Time To Save America. (@WeR_Compromised) March 7, 2025
As of this writing, the clock shows over $184 billion saved because of DOGE – and counting. This amounts to over $1,600 in savings for each U.S. taxpayer.
These figures are different from the ones being shared on the Department of Government Efficiency’s website. The latest figures there, updated March 5th, 2025, show an estimated $105 billion in savings with about $652 in savings per taxpayer.
The DOGE account on X continues to update the latest cuts and reductions.
Contract update!
On Friday, there were 162 cancellations of non-essential contracts with a ceiling value of ~$205M and savings of $90M.
This included @USDA cancelling a $10.3M unnecessary contract which, ironically, was for identifying unnecessary contracts. pic.twitter.com/LpH2zqizOj
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 9, 2025
While critics squabble over the precise numbers and whether the clock is accurate, many are just glad to see the Trump administration following through on eliminating waste and draining the D.C. “swamp.”
Social media users expressed thanks to Musk for his efforts at DOGE.
Thanks Elon. Ignore the haters, they’re scared of changes that they don’t understand
— Vincent Romei (@EnderKnightV23) March 10, 2025
I truly hope to see the US NATIONAL DEBT clock go backwards as the D.O.G.E clock increasingly rises faster!
— KeSi1791 (@KeSi1791) March 9, 2025
It’s a great start Elon.
Thank you and the DOGE team for doing a great job.
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) March 8, 2025
Thank you for posting this. There should be a big clock like this in Times Square for the world to see how Doge is cleaning up our debt!
— momtutu (@Momtutu04) March 8, 2025
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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