Trump slams lunatic Democrats that tried to barge into Department of Education to stop DOGE super geniuses

President Trump slammed congressional Democrats Friday for attempting to barge into the Department of Education – where he assigned his team of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cost-cutters to go in and “check the books.”  “The Democrats have lost their minds, and they’ve lost their confidence,” Trump said in remarks to Senate Republicans at his Mar-a-Lago estate, after highlighting massive GOP Senate election victories last November. “They looked foolish today.They tried to break into the Department of Education just because we want to go in and check the books,” the president continued, referring to the fracas outside the DOE and his latest directive to DOGE, led by Elon Musk.Rep.

Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) shouted “get out the way!” as a man who identified himself as a “federal employee” blocked a handful of House Democrats from storming into the DOE building earlier Friday. The lawmakers had demanded a meeting with the department’s acting secretary Denise Carter amid reports Trump is seeking to dismantle the agency. “Maxine Waters is a lunatic,” Trump said.“They are all lunatics.

It’s so sad to see.” The president told senators that after Musk’s team uncovered the “horrible things” that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was “spending money” on, he directed the DOGE chief to look into the Department of Education next. Trump said he expects DOGE to find “similar” spending patterns at DOE and hopes the government-wide spending cuts will soon allow lawmakers to pass a balanced budget. “Why don’t we balance the budget? Why should we wait 10 or 15 or 20 years to balance it?” Trump argued. “We can have big cuts that don’t affect anybody – waste, fraud and abuse.And we’re finding it now.” Trump went on to praise Musk’s team at DOGE, noting that the billionaire tech titan got started “with a group of 25 super geniuses” with “182 IQs.” “That’s what we ne...