DOGE Issues Report About SBA
In a White House meeting that quickly turned into a headline machine, Elon Musk—now not only the world’s most successful businessman but also President Donald Trump’s top adviser—revealed a staggering discovery from the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. And yes, in true Muskian fashion, even the acronym comes with a wink.
The revelation? Fraud in the federal government—not just on a large scale, but on a cartoonishly absurd one. According to Musk, the Small Business Administration (SBA) handed out $330 million in loans to recipients under the age of 11.
You read that correctly. One case cited a 9-month-old “entrepreneur” who secured a $100,000 loan. “That’s a very precocious baby we’re talking about here,” Musk deadpanned, delivering the kind of dry, tech-nerd punchline that still somehow lands like a thunderclap in a room full of Cabinet officials.
Elon Musk at The White House cabinet meeting: “A clear case of fraud was with the SBA, they were handing out $330 million worth of loans to people under the age of 11.. The youngest was a 9 month-old, who got a $100,000 loan… That’s a very precocious baby” pic.twitter.com/dAt4WWQ3iL
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But the laughter didn’t mask the gravity of the moment. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler didn’t sugarcoat it. “We’re tackling the fraud, waste, and abuse at the agency,” she said, noting that “hundreds of billions” in fraudulent claims have been left untouched for years. The Trump administration, she emphasized, is done looking the other way.
President Trump himself didn’t hesitate to cut to the core. “It’s pure fraud,” he said flatly. “We like to use the words ‘waste’ and ‘abuse’ because they sort of sound good, but many of these things are pure fraud.”
His tone was unmistakable—not dramatic, not performative, but surgical. This wasn’t about messaging. It was about war. A war on the bureaucratic rot that’s festered beneath layers of oversight failure and partisan disinterest.
The formation of DOGE and Musk’s elevation to senior adviser reflect a deeper ideological pivot in Trump’s second term. Where previous administrations tiptoed around the machinery of government, this one is tearing into it with data, software, and a billion-dollar brain at the helm.
And while the idea of toddlers securing six-figure loans might seem like a satirical jab from a late-night host, it’s now part of the public record—a case study in just how broken the system had become.