About his decision, a 53-year-old multibillionaire reported on Wednesday through an entry on his X. Elon Musk platform, the owner of companies specified as Tesla and SpaceX, had previously announced that he intended to retreat from politics and focus on moving his businesses.
Ending my scheduled time as a peculiar government employee, I would like to thank president Donald Trump for his ability to work towards reducing unnecessary expenses. – announced.
Musk held the position of a peculiar government employee, which restricted his work in administration to 130 days a year. This limit so ends at the end of May.
Did Musk think it was different?
His departure coincided with the public criticism of the crucial Trump administration budget bill. In an interview with CBS, Musk expressed disappointment at what president Trump called his a great, beautiful project, stressing that it is hard to combine size with aesthetics. But I don't know if [project] Could be both. – he assessed Musk.
According to AP agencies, this marks the end of a turbulent period that marked thousands of redundancies and extended restructuring of government agencies. Despite many actions taken by the Musk, their results proved to be far little spectacular than expected. Initially, Musk intended to cut government spending by $2 trillion, but yet he managed to reduce it by only 150 billion. There was strong opposition from another members of the Trump administration who opposed his reforms.
Tough fight.
The agency stresses that although Musk initially committed at least $250 million to Trump's run and powerfully supported the President, he became increasingly annoyed by bureaucratic obstacles in Washington. He admitted that the confrontation with the national administration proved to be much harder than I expected. and identified its improvement efforts as Hard fight.
Mr Musk pointed out that, as part of his activities in the administration, he focused primarily on reducing unnecessary expenditure which he felt was crucial for improving the efficiency of the government. However, his resignation does not mean a complete withdrawal from public affairs.