Elon Musk’s days as a senior adviser at the White House and the task of streamlining the government apparatus of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may be coming to an end.
Elon Musk may refocus on business after the end of his 130 days in the White House. Photo: Reuters.
Elon Musk may refocus on business after the end of his 130 days in the White House. Photo:Â Reuters.
President Donald Trump hinted on March 31 that his close ally, Elon Musk, may have to return to focus on business and that DOGE’s tumultuous mission is also nearing completion after laying off tens of thousands of government employees, according to Politico.
“I think Elon is extraordinary, but he also has a big company to manage, and then at some point, he’ll come back,” Trump said of the Tesla CEO. “He wants to. I will keep him as long as possible.”
Trump’s comments came during an executive order signing at the White House on tighter oversight of concert ticket sellers, amid growing public anxiety about the chaos DOGE has caused — and when Tesla, once a cult brand, now there are signs of a serious plunge.
Musk is currently a temporary government employee, with a maximum of 130 days in the White House. According to this regulation, his term will end at the end of May.
However, a White House official told Politico in February that there were no plans for Musk’s departure and that the billionaire “will stay.”
Since joining the government, Musk has drastically cut the federal bureaucracy, including eliminating agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the American Peace Institute.
However, the move did not receive much support, as more than half of voters in a Quinnipiac poll thought the billionaire and DOGE were harming the country.
President Trump told reporters at the White House that DOGE’s influence will continue to exist because cabinet members and agency leaders “have learned a big lesson” from this experience.
“Then there will come a time when ministers can take on this job themselves,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tesla is facing major fluctuations. Its electric vehicle sales are declining sharply globally as a wave of outrage against Musk makes the brand lose its appeal to consumers. Tesla’s stock price plunged 36% in the first quarter of this year.
Musk appeared to be ready to leave after 130 days, when he said in an interview with Fox News last week: “I think in this time period, we’re going to get most of the work done to reduce the budget deficit to a trillion dollars.”
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