The USAID-media’s smears them as DOGE imitators — meanwhile, leaders like Geert Wilders and even Keir Starmer smile all the way to the bank.
In the old continent, under the incessant noise of the liberal-Globalist apparatus that demands that everyone must hate ‘all things Trump’, there’s a movement that’s so far discreet, but unmistakable: some governments are starting to implement common-sense cost-cutting and waste-purging from their tight budgets – leading to the USAID-media to try to smear them by saying they are copying the DOGE playbook.
That a conservative government like the Netherlands would at this juncture start making considerable cuts into public spending is maybe no surprise. But when we see the same impetus coming from a hardened leftist like UK’s Keir Starmer, one is led to pause and reflect: is the Donald J. Trump’s administration heroic cost cutting program having an influence in Europe?
Geert Wilders and his ally, Dutch PM Dick Schoof.
Sputnik reported:
“Netherlands copycats DOGE strategy with $1.1 billion in budget cuts
The Dutch government plans to leverage artificial intelligence to seriously slash its spending by 2029, Interior Minister Judith Uitermark announced to the nation’s parliament on March 14.
According to the minister’s letter, this initiative aims to create ‘less bureaucracy, fewer rules, less administrative and accountability burdens’,” as reported by Bloomberg.“
Official evidence linking this directly to DOGE inspiration is thin. As Grok AI notes: ‘The Dutch government’s press release focuses on domestic fiscal goals — reducing administrative overhead and modernizing public services — without mentioning DOGE or U.S. influence’.
However, what is undeniable is that the timing suggests that public officials might have felt emboldened by the courageous Trump-Musk battle to rein in public spending running amok.
DOGE IN THE NETHERLANDS: €1 BILLION CUTS + AI EFFICIENCY
The Netherlands is slashing €1 billion in government spending and turning to AI—taking a page from Trump and Elon’s playbook.
DOGE is proving that bureaucracy can be cut, and now Europe is catching on.
Dutch… https://t.co/dmu6bYLKjH pic.twitter.com/jY1roJrcpV
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 14, 2025
UK PM Starmer has always been at odds with Musk. For him to be now accused of copying him is the supreme irony.
The UK’s abolition of NHS England and the £45 billion savings push under PM Starmer is getting a mostly hostile MSM treatment.
Grok AI scoured the USAID-media for their reaction: “Outlets like The Guardian or BBC might grudgingly note the efficiency angle but frame it as ‘Starmer bowing to right-wing pressure’ or ‘Musk’s shadow over Labour’. The Daily Mail, more populist-leaning, calls it ‘Project Chainsaw’, gleefully tying it to DOGE’s ‘chainsaw massacre’ vibe, while The Independent hints at ‘Labour aping Trump’s cuts’ with a tone of betrayal — how dare a leftist government mimic a MAGA idea?”
Most UK papers criticized the cuts – but not The Telegraph.
But others were complimentary: curiously, The Telegraph, a news vehicle with historic ties to the Conservative Party and deeply critical of Labour.
The Telegraph says Starmer ‘copied Trump and moved to the right’, but as a compliment (as it should be), and further adds that ‘from slashing foreign aid to war on bureaucracy, the PM outflanked his rivals and begun to look like a leader.’
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