This is speculation because nobody knows for sure what Musks end game is yet.
But it sure seems like, based on what we see, that DOGE is going to be the instrument that is used to legitimize anything that Trump wants to put forward as his reason to decimate our federal government and to take complete control over its funding.
It is actually smart. How can anyone debunk anything if Musk holds all the data and refuses to allow oversight or transparency to what he is doing. He can selectively release things he wants to accomplish his goal. Instead of having State TV we have DOGE.
As an example, we can’t know how much Fox News and right wing media are paid by federal agencies, but we sure can know how much Politico was paid.