Elon Musk is finishing his official role in the Trump administration, but if the last social position of President Trump’s truth is an indication, the billionaire does not go far.
“Tomorrow I have a press conference at 1:30 PM EST, with Elon Musk, at the Oval office,” Trump published Thursday. “This will be his last day, but not really, because he, always, will be with us, helping until the end. Elon is excellent!”
The government government of Musk will end on May 30, the legal limit of 130 days for its designation of “special government employees”. He was appointed in January to head the Government Efficiency Department (Doge), created by the Executive Order on the day of the inauguration.
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Elon Musk listens when President Donald Trump meets with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the Oval Office of the White House on February 13. (AP/Alex Brandon)
“As my scheduled time as a special government employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realdonaldrump for the opportunity to reduce heavy spending,” Musk published on Wednesday in X. “The Mission @Doge will only be strengthened in time as it becomes a way of life through the government.”
The White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, emphasized Thorsday “the Lege leaders are each and every one of the president’s cabinet members and the president himself, who is with all the heart committed to reducing waste, fraud and abuse of our government.”
And the cuts are adding.
According to an update of May 26 on the Doge website, the initiative has saved $ 175 billion through assets sales, contracts of contracts, repression of fraud payments and other expenses of expenses. That translates into approximately $ 1,087 in savings for taxpayers.
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The main advisor of the White House, Elon Musk, walks to the White House after landing aboard the Marine on the South grass with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on March 9, 2025, in Washington, DC (Samuel Corum/Getty images)
The scope of Doge has extended through the federal government, but not without rejection.
Democrats in Congress have abruptly criticized Musk’s role. Duration of an supervision audience of the February house, representative Melanie Stansbury, DN.M., described its influence as “recsinence and illegal”, accusing Trump or “subcontracting a billionaire who does not respond to anyone.”
The representative Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, warned that Musk was acting as an “not chosen official” within the executive branch.
Despite criticism, markets welcome Musk’s return to the private sector. Bloomberg reported that Tesla’s shares rose 4.2% this week in the news of their government departure.
President -elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk when he arrives at Wattcg the launch of the sixth test flight of the Spacex Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty images)
In an investor call earlier this month, Musk reassured the shareholders: “As of June, I will assign much more time to Tesla and Spacex now that the bases in Doge are in their place.”
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