DOGE demise? Reuters wrecked over fake news DOGE shutdown story

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:10 UTC

© Fox News

Elon Musk and members of the Department of Government Efficiency in an interview with Bret Bair on March 27, 2025

Top official says outlet "spliced my comments"

President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has "disbanded" - or at least that's the narrative Reuters is pushing to start the week, as the globalist left-leaning media outlet tries to rile up the progressive base and claim a victory.

Reuters ran with the headline, "Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter," and recently quoted Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor saying, "That doesn't exist," when asked about DOGE's status.

It's no longer a "centralized entity," Kupor added, in the first public comments from the Trump administration.

© REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor

Perhaps there was some misinterpretation, because the report goes on to state that "OPM, the federal government's human resources office, has since taken over many of DOGE's functions."

In fact, Reuters was hit with a Community Note on X, where the top note pointed out:

There is no evidence that DOGE has shutdown. There is no mention of it on the press secretary, Elon, Trump, the WH , DOGE or any other gov official account. Including DOGE official website. As of 9 hours ago DOGE was still posting about the work they are doing.

• https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1992433682074743257?t=YwneTda8TLPrnMyOY6VO1A&s=19
• https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1977928905169269143?t=7xhRsok88w0c2pVZsElwTA&s=19
• https://x.com/DOGE/status/1992615954065330507?t=HqjAT2L5MTKGdEd1wy7o0w&s=19
• https://www.doge.gov/join
• https://x.com/PressSec/status/1991932554908225586?t=LpC36ggtJNJ4S5Zf9Za4nw&s=19
• https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1992605677144207798?t=B3UBu7_4bcxNn_4vFKNoyA&s=19

© Reuters/X

Shortly after Reuters ran its DOGE narrative, Kupor combatted the misinformation:

The latest from DOGE, not even one day ago, states:

The official government website for DOGE shows no indication that the operation to root out significant government waste and fraud has been wound down. In fact, cost savings so far this year total $214 billion - however, far short of Elon Musk's $1 trillion goal.

© DOGE.gov/X

This is not the first time for Reuters...

Hmm, a media outlet based in a foreign country publishing propaganda pieces on US politics?