Elon Musk resigns his position in the government agency DOGE: The White home authoritative told the Reuters agency that the process of his resignation from the position of "special government advisor" would begin as early as Wednesday evening. Musk thanked the US president Donald Trump. on social platform X. His time as a peculiar government worker in the Department of Government Efficiency is coming to an end, he wrote. Trump's administration has stated that DOGE Authority's efforts to reduce costs and reduce the size of the government apparatus will continue.
The stormy word of office of Musk as Commissioner for the Efficiency of the U.S. Government is coming to an early and not spectacular end. According to the individual who knew the case, there was no conversation between Trump and the CEO Tesla. The decision to leave Musk was taken at the "highest level".
Musk criticizes Trump's taxation law
The exact circumstances of his departure were initially unclear. However, an eccentric entrepreneur criticized Trump's most crucial taxation bill on Tuesday, calling it besides expensive. "To be honest, I was disappointed by the gigantic draft spending bill, which alternatively of reducing the budget deficit, increases it and undermines the DOGE team's work," he said in an interview with the American CBS News station.
After the inauguration of Trump, the billionaire rapidly became a powerful figure in his surroundings, unconventional and aggressive. During 1 event in February, he waved a red chain saw, which sparked immense applause from the audience. "This is simply a chain saw for bureaucracy," he shouted. A fewer weeks ago, a billionaire. Bill Gates He harshly criticized the cuts of Musk in the US Aid relief organization, stating that it was frightening to think that The richest man in the planet is liable for the death of the poorest children in the world.
In fresh weeks Musk has repeatedly clashed with cabinet members, especially with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Transport Secretary Sean Duffy and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He called Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro, “an idiot” and a man “stupider than a bag of bricks”.
The staff cuts besides met with criticism of the US administration. Trump stressed in early March that individual decisions would be made by ministries alternatively than by Musk.
260 000 jobs liquidated in national agencies
According to the Reuters report, under the DOGE programme almost 12 percent (260.000) of 2.3 million national workers were released, mainly due to threats of dismissal, severance and early retirement offers. In any cases, however, staff and financial cuts have led to bottlenecks in public procurement, higher costs and brain drain. In addition, the courts have stopped certain measures.
On the another hand, Musk increasingly expressed his frustration that he could not cut national agencies' spending more aggressively. "The situation of national bureaucracy is much worse than I thought," said Musk this week to the paper "Washington Post".
During the April telephone conference with Tesla, he signaled that he would importantly reduce his work in government administration to be able to focus on his companies. The investors demanded that it focus on an electrical car maker who is struggling with a decline in request and share price. In addition to Tesla, Musk besides owns the social platform X and SpaceX.
