Elon Musk Bids Adieu During Final Days as Special Government Employee at DOGE

Elon Musk confirmed on Wednesday that he was leaving his position at the Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge), Trump’s agency, which he helped start in the fight against federal waste.

“As my scheduled time ends as a special government employee, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for the possibility of reducing wasteful spending,” Musk published On X. “Doge mission will only be strengthened over time because it becomes a way of life throughout the Government.”

That move was widely expected. As a special Government employee, Musk was limited to 130 working days of the year-pen that was projected to reach until May 30. His departure leaves the agency, to whom he himself led by himself, a colleague of billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, who left in January-one of his original public face.

Doge, partly named as a creature of Musk’s favored Krypto Dogecoin, was created to deal with what Musk called a “existential” threat from state debt. His team claims he saved $ 175 billion in government reductions, although that figure was wide slow.

The men’s participation of the Government is parallel to his broader displacement towards political activism, which has often drawn criticism. His leadership Doga coincided with a series of scandals and partisan conflicts, including lawsuits and public figures from personality like Senatore Elizabeth Warren, which invited The “Location for Corruption” initiative.

Doge’s efforts were also tightened by Trump’s recent consumption, with Musk a mass new consumption account “Podriva“Doge’s mission.

Withdrawal in

The resistance of Musk -Dalliance with the White House hit his company hard. Tesla, for example, noted that she had extinguished the sale, employee unrest and damage to the brand. The leaders of the pension fund have recently invited the Tesla Committee to restrain the Musk outlet activities and look for a larger focus on the EV company.

Rumors in April to deviate from Doogo sent The shares in his companies are growing.

“Doge becomes just a whip boy for all,” Musk said Washington Post yesterday. “People burned Teslas. Why would you do that? It’s really irrelevant.”

This week, however, marked new achievements in its companies. Starting the Startship Flight 9 by Spacex yesterday showed that Rocket reached space before it fell apart, and the ship traveled beyond the previous two companies’ attempts.

Also this week, Neralink raised $ 600 million at $ 9 billion estimated. At the same time, x also discovered “X Money”, a very limited beta digital wallet associated with a platform and part of a long -term pressure to create an application for everyone in one.

While Musk called in April to the Teslin earnings to reduce his time spent on politics and pay more attention to his jobs, he is not forever from politics.

He introduced continuous connections with Trump’s administration, retaining a small office of the White House and surrendering “A day or two a week“Government’s work.

Edited Sebastian Sinclair