Trump urges DOGE to use ‘scalpel’ rather than ‘hatchet’ for job cuts

Two weeks after Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw boasting about his efforts to slash the federal workforce, President Donald Trump urges the DOGE team to use a more targeted tool moving forward. "They can be very precise as to who will remain, and who will go. We say the 'scalpel' rather than the 'hatchet,’” Trump posted on social media. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports for TODAY.