Learn English with Trump and Elon: 20 Advanced Terms for Fluency

If you like learning about the current news and improving your English for your next English conversation, this English lesson is for you. While watching a news report about the Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Vivek Ramaswamy trying to stop the government from wasting so much money, you will learn English phrasal verbs, English idioms,, and other advanced English vocabulary that can really stump English learners.

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DOGE (government)
: A new government agency in the U.S. that helps find ways to save money and make the government work better.
: DOGE is focusing on how to make government programs run more efficiently.
DOGE (crypto)
: A type of digital money called Dogecoin that people can use online.
: DOGE has no connection to Dogecoin, even though they share the same name.
Emerging
: Something that is just starting or becoming important.
: DOGE is an emerging agency with plans to improve how the government works.
Priorities
: The most important things to focus on.
: One of DOGE’s priorities is reducing waste in government spending.
“Cutting the fat”
: Removing things that are unnecessary or wasteful.
: DOGE is “cutting the fat” from government budgets to save taxpayer money.
Vivek Ramaswamy
: A businessman and co-leader of the DOGE agency.
: Vivek Ramaswamy is working with Elon Musk to make the government more efficient.
Elon Musk
: A famous businessman who runs companies like Tesla and SpaceX; he is also a co-leader of DOGE.
: Elon Musk wants DOGE to find better ways to save money in government.
The Pentagon
: A large building where the U.S. military leaders work; it is also a symbol of the military.
: DOGE is reviewing spending at the Pentagon to see if there is any waste.
Overhaul
: A complete change or improvement of something to make it better.
: DOGE plans to overhaul government programs to eliminate waste and make them more efficient.
Consecutive
: Happening one after another without a break.
: DOGE worked for five consecutive days to prepare its first report.
Audit
: A careful check of money and spending to see if everything is correct.
: DOGE plans to audit government programs to find areas of waste.
Unaccounted for
: Something that is missing or not explained.
: DOGE found millions of dollars unaccounted for in the budget.
“Extent of that rot and waste”
: How big or bad the problem of waste and inefficiency is.
: DOGE is studying the extent of that rot and waste in government programs.
Waste is different from waist.
On the chopping block
: Something that might be removed or stopped.
: Some government programs may be on the chopping block if DOGE finds they are unnecessary.

Bloated
: Bigger than necessary or too expensive.
: DOGE says some government budgets are bloated and need to be reduced.
Sign off on
: To officially approve something.
: The president needs to sign off on DOGE’s recommendations before they take effect. And congress needs to sign off on the president’s decision.
Classified
: Information that is secret and not allowed to be shared.
: DOGE is not allowed to look at classified military documents.
Budget
: A plan for how to spend money.
: DOGE is reviewing the government budget to find ways to save money.
Intelligence community
: Groups like the CIA that collect information to protect the country.
: DOGE is checking how money is used in the intelligence community.
A security clearance
: Permission to see secret information.
: Only people with a security clearance can look at classified documents, even in DOGE.
Co-leader
: One of two people in charge of something.
: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are co-leaders of DOGE.

Deadline
: The latest time something must be done.
: DOGE has a deadline to submit its first report by next month.