Elon Musk officially steps down from role at DOGE

Elon Musk The process of step down from his role as head of the Ministry of Government efficiency (DOGE).
The CEO of Tesla and Spacex published on X on Wednesday that his time as a private government employee is close to his end and thanks President Donald Trump To provide an opportunity to reduce waste spending.
Musk wrote in office: “Doge’s mission will only be strengthened with the passage of time because it becomes a way of life throughout the government,” Musk wrote in office. The White House confirmed to Fox that the musk publication will be accurate and the external will start on Wednesday evening.
Musk has been the general face of Doge since Trump signed an executive order established the office on January 20. Dog has erupted since then through federal government agencies in an effort to determine and end excessive judgment, corruption and fraud.
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Spacex officially from his role that helped lead Duji, which has long been the plan as a private government employee. (Brandon Bell/Getti Emaiz)
He was officially appointed as a “private government employee”, a role established by Congress in 1962 that allows the executive or legislative authority to employ temporary employees for specific short -term initiatives.
The government employees are allowed to work in the federal government for “no more than 130 days in a period of 365 days,” according to data from the government ethics office. The MUSK time frame was set for 130 days, starting with the opening day, to dry on May 30.
Doge is a temporary temporary organization that has been established to mitigate and simplify the federal government. The same group will be dissolved on July 4, 2026, according to Trump’s executive order.
Musk and Trump had previously inspected that the role of Musk was temporary and will end in the spring.
“You, technically, a private government employee and is supposed to be 130 days.” Doug team members In April. “Will you continue in the past or do you think this is what you will do?”
Musk has not yet left, the work is concluded at the time specified once.

Tesla and Spacex El Musk have become a strong ally of Trump. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Musk replied: “I think we will complete most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars during this time frame.”
Trump alluded to Musk’s departure in the comments to correspondents on March 31 when he was asked whether he wanted to keep musk in a government role for a period longer than 130 days in advance.
“I think he is amazing,” Trump said in March. “Thus at some point he will return.”
“I will stay as long as I can keep it,” Trump said. “He is a very talented man. You know, I love people very smart. He is very smart. He has done a good job.” “Dog is, we have found numbers that no one can believe.”
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“I think it is likely to start next month, i.e. May, the allocation of my time to Dog will decrease significantly,” Musk said during the collective call to Tesla. “I will have to continue doing this, I think, the remainder of the president’s mandate simply to make sure that the waste and fraud that we have stopped do not wander, which he will do if he has the opportunity. So I think I will continue to spend, as you know, a day or two a week on government matters for the president would like to do so and as long as that is useful.”

Elon Musk jumps to the state when he joins former President Donald Trump during a campaign in Bater, Pennsylvania. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
He added: “But starting next month, I will allocate more of my time to Tesla now after the main work has been carried out for the establishment of the Ministry of Government efficiency.”
Amid Musk’s work with Doge, Democrats and activists have organized protests against technical billionaire and companies, including working on Tank Tesla shares.
Musk was the general face Dog for several monthsBut not an employee of the Doge United State service and does not provide a report to the Acting Doga commander, according to the court report in March, who shed light on the office’s internal actions.
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“Illon Musk does not work in the United States. I am not informed of it, and he does not present to me. As my knowledge, he is a great consultant for the White House,” wrote Amy Glegonon, Acting Director of Dog, in an advertisement that included in the court.

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Gleason previously worked in the US digital service, which was founded in 2014 by former President Barack Obama as a technology office in the President’s Executive Office. Trump signed an executive order in January that the office was renamed to the DOGE service in the United States, which led to the creation of DOGE.
Although Musk was the public face of DOGE, it “has no actual or official authority to make government decisions himself” and works as a senior president, a White House official said in a separate court in February.
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Musk has emerged as a passionate supporter of Trump at the height of the electoral cycle during the summer, which officially supports Trump after the first assassination attempt against him in Bater, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.

President Trump survived an assassination attempt in his life in Battler, Pennsylvania, in July. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
“I completely support President Trump and I hope to recover his quick,” Musk posted to X shortly after trying, accompanied by clips from Trump raising a grip and screaming, “fighting, fighting, fighting!” After leaving blood through the assassination attempt.
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Through the state of Musk as a private government employee, Trump praised the technical billionaire for his efforts Simplification of the government He cut it from excessive spending, including during his first speech in a joint session of Congress since its second opening.
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“Thank you, Elon,” Trump said in March.