‘Indiscriminate madness’: DOGE claims firings targeted toward low performers and new employees. The reality is far from it.
- Posted on February 20, 2025
- By CNN
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‘Indiscriminate madness’: DOGE claims firings targeted toward low performers and new employees. The reality is far from it.

The Trump administration and Elon Musk have insisted that they are carefully purging the federal workforce by firing only low-performing employees serving in non-critical roles, or recent hires on probationary status.