{"id":2412832,"date":"2025-03-12T12:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oleary-cheers-on-doge-cuts-elon-is-not-cutting-enough\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:59:01","slug":"oleary-cheers-on-doge-cuts-elon-is-not-cutting-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oleary-cheers-on-doge-cuts-elon-is-not-cutting-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Leary cheers on DOGE cuts: &#8216;Elon is not cutting enough&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foleary-cheers-on-doge-cuts-elon-is-not-cutting-enough%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kevin O&rsquo;Leary cheers on DOGE: &lsquo;Elon is not cutting enough&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2036851\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Shark Tank<\/em>&nbsp;investor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3308425\/kevin-oleary-canada-new-government-better-tariff-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kevin&nbsp;O&rsquo;Leary<\/a> defended the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> and recommended it cut even more than it already has.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Leary&rsquo;s recommendation comes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-agriculture\/\" title=\"\">U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a> announced it was cutting $660 million for the Local Food for Schools program and $420 million for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said these programs that sourced food directly from farmers to schools were &ldquo;not necessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3344857\/john-kennedy-supports-deportation-columbia-mahmoud-khalil-hates-america\/\">John Kennedy supports deportation of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil: he &#8216;hates America&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3343751\/ucla-antisemitism-campaign-pressure-protect-jewish-students\/\">UCLA rolls out antisemitism campaign as Trump pressures schools to protect Jewish students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3342442\/columbia-student-on-green-card-arrested-ice-anti-israel-protest\/\">Columbia student on green card arrested by ICE over anti-Israel protest involvement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This issue is not going to go away because it&rsquo;s very contentious, but when you cut in any organization, government or private, it&rsquo;s very demoralizing. It&rsquo;s traumatic, and it gets lots of bad press as we&rsquo;re doing right now. But that&rsquo;s why you cut 20% more,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Leary said on <em>CNN NewsNigh<\/em>t Tuesday. &ldquo;I think Elon is not cutting enough. Cut 20% more. Now get your spreadsheet out. These are the names. Whack everybody and then 20% more, as we do in the private sector every day and have done for 100 years in private equity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2839996&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=50b240f8ea3e4183465758dd923bcdf0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fellow panelists disagreed with O&rsquo;Leary and criticized cuts from schools. Host Abby Phillip asked O&rsquo;Leary why DOGE wouldn&rsquo;t focus on cuts in some other sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3324712\/howard-lutnick-says-elon-musk-committed-cut-1-trillion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HOWARD&nbsp;LUTNICK&nbsp;SAYS ELON MUSK COMMITTED TO CUT $1 TRILLION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can criticize where it goes first. They&rsquo;re going to focus their laser on every sector, and it&rsquo;s going to keep going, and it&rsquo;s going to remain contentious,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Leary said.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Leary has also publicly supported tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump. The Canadian investor has become increasingly political as the political world has recently collided with business. 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