However, a new analysis from The New York Times reveals that even Musk’s much-smaller goal likely isn’t feasible because DOGE has been inflating its progress with billion-dollar errors and making assumptions about future federal spending that isn’t set in stone.

DOGE continues to publicly report its savings on its website, labeling it the “Wall of Receipts.” The site, which was last updated Tuesday, is heavily error-ridden and shows a total of $150 billion in estimated savings, according to the Times.

Another error includes a touted $1.75 billion in savings from a supposedly canceled grant to a vaccine nonprofit, according to the Times. The nonprofit has reported they were already paid the grant in full, meaning DOGE saved nothing by canceling it.

“They’re just spinning their wheels, citing in many cases overstated or fake savings,” Romina Boccia, the director of budget and entitlement policy at the libertarian Cato Institute, told the Times. “What’s most frustrating is that we agree with their goals. But we’re watching them flail at achieving them.”

Musk’s $1 trillion goal has been clearly impossible for a while. Last month, The New Yorker reported that DOGE would only save $245.8 billion a year if it fired every single federal worker outside the military or USPS.

Meanwhile, the Government Accountability Office has been investigating DOGE since last month, according to Wired. Their audit is specifically targeting DOGE’s access to sensitive government data.

The audit comes after Congressional leaders requested it in light of “alarming” media reports of DOGE infiltrating federal systems, a congressional aide told Wired.