Elon Musk is exiting President Donald Trump’s administration just four months after joining. The Tesla CEO shared in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on May 28th that he will step away from his government role.
He said on the platform:
“As my scheduled time as a special government employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. The DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”
Musk had recently attacked a domestic policy plan supported by Republicans for raising the deficit before to his departure. “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit—not decreases it—and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” he stated in a preview of a CBS Sunday Morning interview that will appear on June 1. When this large, lovely bill was introduced, I honestly believed that everything we had accomplished on DOGE would be erased within the first year. I believe that a bill can be either large or beautiful, but I’m not sure if it can be both.
Back in March, Trump told his cabinet that Musk would be vacating his position in the coming months, according to NBC News.
Trump stated:
“You know, I love very smart people. He’s very smart, and he’s done a good job. You know DOGE… DOGE is—uh—we found numbers that nobody can even believe. Like 400 billion, 500 billion—it could be close to a trillion dollars by the time they end on different things. And he’s led the charge.”
In a private March 24th cabinet meeting, Trump revealed that Musk, who has led the Department of Government Efficiency—or DOGE—since the administration began in January, would be transitioning back to the private sector.
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