DOGE’s Popularity, Complaints About Musk, Illegal Alien Encounters | Feb. 25, 2025

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: More than 6 in 10 voters believe President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency will significantly reduce federal government spending over the next year. Up until now, most Republicans have cheered Elon Musk’s cost-cutting measures at DOGE. But there are signs of frustration in some quarters of Washington. Customs and Border Protection encountered only 200 illegal aliens at the U.S. southern border on Saturday. That is the lowest number of apprehensions in a single day in over 15 years. Plus, our news flash: The White House announced a big change for the press pool, the group of journalists who cover Trump’s activities. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also forcefully defended the choice of Dan Bongino to serve as deputy director of the FBI. Rachel Maddow took aim at her own employer Monday night after MSNBC fired Joy Reid. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email     Subscribe to our other shows:  The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-cast  Problematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-women  The Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown    Follow The Daily Signal:  X: https://x.com/DailySignal  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/  Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignal  Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignal    Thanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day’s top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Despite unrelenting attacks from Democrats in the legacy media on Doge, it turns out American voters actually want to cut government spending.
0:08.5	I'm your host, Rob Lewy, and this is The Daily Signal's Top News in 10 for Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
0:28.3	More than 6 and ten voters believe President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will significantly reduce federal government spending over the next year. The new polling comes from
0:34.2	the Napolitan News Service and was conducted by Scott Rasmussen at RMG Research
0:38.5	on February 20th and 21st. The survey of 1,000 registered voters found that 62% are confident
0:45.1	that Doge will find savings in the federal government. Even among Democrats, 45% say Trump
0:50.9	and Doge are likely to significantly reduce spending. Well, 42% say it's unlikely.
0:56.0	Just 39% of voters say Musk has gone too far with Doge's cuts compared to 47% who disagree.
1:03.0	Trump on Saturday encouraged Musk to get more aggressive in a truth social post, and later that day,
1:09.0	Musk sent an email to all federal employees asking,
1:12.6	what did you do last week? He gave them a deadline of Monday to list five things they accomplished.
1:18.6	White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt was asked about the email at today's press briefing.
1:23.6	We've had more than one million workers who have chosen to participate in this very simple task of, again, sending five bullet points to your direct supervisor or manager, CCing OPM. I actually participated in myself. It took me about a minute and a half to think of five things I did last week. I do five things in about 10 minutes. And all federal workers should be working at the same pace that President Trump is working and moving. We have a country
1:48.4	to save and we want this federal government to be responsive to the needs of the American people
1:52.8	who re-elected this president to have historic massive reform. And that's what the intention of
1:57.7	this idea is. Leavitt also announced that Musk would attend Trump's first cabinet meeting, which takes place Wednesday.
2:04.6	The Napolitan News Service numbers are consistent with a Harvard Capp's Harris poll released Monday,
2:10.2	which found that 60% of voters think Musk's team will help the federal government make major cuts to its expenditures.
2:16.8	That poll also showed 67% of voters
2:19.8	believe the current $36 trillion national debt is unsustainable. Joining me now is Preston Bashir,
2:26.7	a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Preston, you have a new commentary for the Daily
2:31.1	Signal. How bad is our spending problem? Well, Rob, we have a tremendous
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