DOGE

The assertions escalate the Federal Housing Finance Agency's confrontation with the watchdog, and come amid broader efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to weaken government inspectors general whose mission is to root out waste, fraud, and mismanagement across federal agencies and departments.

If you didn't assume Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency -- AKA DOGE -- wasn't a joke on the face of it based on being named after an Internet meme, well, time to revisit your assumptions.

Methinks Trump is not and never was serious about trying to reduce fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement of government entities.