Just want to clarify are you asking what people should have been paying attention to when DOGE was all they would talk about? or are you asking what what DOGE “should” have focused on?
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): Trump establishes this new government initiative.
Implementation: DOGE is tasked with reducing federal spending and limiting bureaucracy. It has overseen mass layoffs of civil servants and efforts to dismantle agencies like the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Executive Orders: On his first day, Trump signs an executive order related to restoring "merit-based federal hiring practices."
Immigration Policy:
The Laken Riley Act is signed into law(Start of crackdown on anyone not a citizen) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laken_Riley_Act.
The administration revives numerous immigration laws from Trump's first term.
Procedures for mass deportations are initiated, including mass raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) nationwide.
Foreign Policy Withdrawals: The administration initiates the withdrawal of the United States from:
The World Health Organization (WHO)
The Paris Climate Accords
UNESCO
Ongoing from that period:
Executive Orders: Over 200 executive orders have been signed. Most have been or are currently being challenged in court.
Trade and Tariffs: The administration has overseen a series of tariff increases and pauses, including the "Liberation Day" tariffs. These have led to retaliatory tariffs from other countries and caused a brief stock market crash and market instability since then.
Russo-Ukrainian War: The administration has undertaken multiple attempts at peace negotiations to end the war that began in 2022. All have mostly failed.
Foreign Aid Freeze: The administration froze most foreign aid programs for 90 days.
Targeting of Opponents: The administration has taken action against law firms for challenging its policies and has been targeting political opponents.
It’s a big mess. Is there a specific time frame you have in mind?
All of the corruption that followed, ruining any investigations that were ongoing, giving musk 200B government contracts, covering up any election fraud, etc
Just want to clarify are you asking what people should have been paying attention to when DOGE was all they would talk about? or are you asking what what DOGE “should” have focused on?
My Best guess at timelines for when DOGE was all over the news was January to June ish: From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump
Timeline:
Ongoing from that period:
It’s a big mess. Is there a specific time frame you have in mind?
ya what were they trying to divert attention away from?
All of the corruption that followed, ruining any investigations that were ongoing, giving musk 200B government contracts, covering up any election fraud, etc