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full textElon Musk bids farewell to White House but says Doge will continue 1 hour ago Watch: Elon Musk says he is "disappointed" with Trump's "big, beautiful bill", in interview with CBS Sunday Morning

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his time leading President Donald Trump's cost-cutting task force is coming "to an end".

In a post on his social media platform X, Musk thanked Trump for the opportunity to help run the Department of Government Efficiency - known as Doge.

He was designated as a "special government employee" - allowing him to work a federal job for 130 days each year. Measured from Trump's inauguration on 20 January, he would hit that limit towards the end of May.

Musk's exit comes after he criticised Trump's "big, beautiful" budget bill - the legislative centrepiece of the president's agenda.

"As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending," Musk wrote on X.

"The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."

The BBC understands that the White House will begin "offboarding" Musk as a special government employee on Wednesday night.

Musk's exit comes after he said he was "disappointed" with Trump's budget, which proposes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and a boost to defence spending.

The SpaceX and Tesla boss said in an interview with BBC's US partner CBS that the bill would increase the federal deficit, adding that he thought it "undermines the work" being done at Doge.

The Republican megadonor's departure caps a tumultuous foray into politics that transformed him into one of Trump's closest advisers and saw plunging profits at his electric car company.

Tesla recently warned investors that the financial pain could continue, declining to offer a growth forecast while saying "changing political sentiment" could meaningfully hurt demand for the vehicles.

Musk told investors on an earnings call last month that the time he allocates to Doge "will drop significantly" and that he would be "allocating far more of my time to Tesla".


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Well I guess the fact that they are following the law about 130 days is a good thing........????

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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

13 iirc. If I remember my metric conversions that's about 3 trusses.

[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't a truss also be imperial? Or maybe not because the sun finally set on that shit!

[–] ProgAimerGirl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

if you thought tesla stock value was sliding before, just wait

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

Musk suddenly discovers that his "cost-cutting" task force was convenient to get voters, but ultimately did not serve the fascist cause. He did get rid of a lot of public services and programs, though, so he wasn't an entirely useless pawn.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Milton the Musk

[–] D61@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

trump-drenched "You're fired."

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