I worked for the Federal Government as a contractor for years. I know first hand a ton of money is wasted because I saw it daily. That ain't no Republican talking point I saw it first hand.
So did I especially in the DOD which is the most wasteful.
But it kinda has to be because they need to get stuff halfway across the world so you can’t quibble over price and when supplying governments people are always gonna up the price.
Even regulations are there to stop rampant corruption and to meet standards
My point is people look for the easy answer Trump gives easy answers If you were a government contractor you could imagine the massive issue with moving millions of people outside the country.
Every detainee is controlled by the Federal Government and is responsible for their safety That means an illegal with diabetes will need someone to pay for their treatment and should they die by committing carbicide
They would sue the government and of course the Government would have to provide a Public pretender and Translators for this
Not to mention you’d need travel agents and negotiators for the shipments and again you want to cut government that’s a massive increase in overpaid contactors who will lobby congress to keep the contracts and of course they will.
Nothing has easy answers and everything requires tradeoffs.
If you ask me I’d cut in DOD and Intelligence. People don’t want to join the military and despite all the spending the analyists were wrong about Ukraine and Gaza so lop off a few billion.
Again not a Trillion just a few Billion which is a drop in the bucket