Trump said at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. ci

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend. He said at an investment conference in Miami that the administration is considering a concept in which 20% of the savings produced by DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts goes to American citizens and another 20% goes to paying down the national debt.

Speaking at the FII Institute Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, President Donald Trump proposed returning a percentage of money reportedly saved by cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend. He said at an investment conference in Miami that the administration is considering a concept in which 20% of the savings produced by DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts goes to American citizens and another 20% goes to paying down the national debt.

President Trump is spending much of Wednesday in Florida, but is still making waves in Washington. Ahead of attending a Saudi investment conference in Miami, the president has traded barbs with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and posted on Truth Social that he favors the House’s budget plans over the Senate’s two-bill strategy.

MIAMI—President Trump said he is considering using a portion of the savings from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting initiative to provide direct payments to Americans. “We’re thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens and 20% down to pay back debt,

United States President Donald Trump has proposed using some of the savings from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive to give Americans cash and pay down government debt. Speaking at an investment summit hosted by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in Miami Beach,

More than 100 people gathered in the Florida Capitol Monday evening to protest policies enacted by President Donald Trump in his second term.

"The numbers are incredible," Trump said Wednesday at a Miami conference backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

In February 2025, social media users claimed Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, said he would talk to U.S. President Donald Trump about a suggestion to use DOGE savings to give a $5,

Well, we actually are trying to be as transparent as possible. In fact, we post our actions to the DOGE [Department of Government [...] More