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Amanpour and Company

They Tried to Stop DOGE. Michael Lewis’ New Book Tells Their Story

Season 2027 Episode 9010 | 17m 17s

At the start of Trump's second term, Elon Musk was brought in ostensibly to cut government spending and shrink the bureaucracy. He made an abrupt exit four months later. In his latest book, Michael Lewis writes about the civil servants who resisted Musk's efforts to dismantle government institutions. The author joins Walter Isaacson to discuss.

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