What Americans think about Trump and Musk's plans for the federal government: AP-NORC poll

Americans see the federal government as rife with corruption, inefficiency and red tape — but they’re less sure about whether Elon Musk is the right person to fix it. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults strongly or somewhat approve of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, which Musk leads. The poll shows Americans aren’t broadly worried about a government filled with “deep state” actors poised to undermine Trump’s Republican agenda. They're also ambivalent about some of the changes Trump has mentioned, including eliminating large numbers of federal jobs and moving federal agencies outside Washington.