President Donald Trump has said he is considering distributing “DOGE dividends” to American taxpayers, drawing from any cost savings his Department of Government Efficiency achieves through aggressive cuts to federal spending and employment.

Congress, however, is skeptical — and it’s not clear that the DOGE’s strategy will actually yield anywhere near the savings it projects.

Billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of DOGE dividends, based on a proposal from a user on his social platform X, to Trump last week. By Wednesday, Trump said he was thinking about dedicating 20 percent of DOGE’s cost savings to Americans and another 20 percent to paying down the national debt.

Trump may see the proposal as a means of boosting his approval ratings, which have slipped since he took........

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