Fox News correspondent Mark Meredith joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to explain President Donald Trump ending taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants and the president weighing sending DOGE savings checks to taxpayers.
President Donald Trump floated the idea of delivering 20% of savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) directly to the American people on Wednesday.
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“There’s even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt, because the numbers are incredible,” Trump told reporters during an event at Miami Beach, Florida.
Users on X, formerly Twitter, first pitched the idea of a “DOGE dividend” to Elon Musk earlier this week, suggesting payouts of $5,000. The billionaire Tesla owner said he would “check with the president” about the plan.
A reporter asked Trump about the proposal directly during Wednesday night’s event in Florida.
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Trump went on to suggest that the dividend could serve as an incentive for Americans to report government waste on their own, according to NBC News.
DOGE so far claims to have saved some $55 billion via cuts to USAID, the Department of Education, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Some of DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts are under legal challenge, however.
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Trump has not clarified what his administration would do with the remaining 60% of DOGE savings if he moves forward with the plan.
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