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Elon Musk says he is leaving Trump administration Elon Musk bids farewell to White House but says Doge will continue
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Billionaire Elon Musk has said his time leading President Donald Trump's cost-cutting task force is coming "to an end".Billionaire Elon Musk has said his time leading President Donald Trump's cost-cutting task force is coming "to an end".
Musk has helped lead the Department of Government Efficiency - known as Doge - since its inception this year. 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" - which allows him to work a government job for 130 days each year. Measured from Trump's inauguration on 20 January, he would hit that limit towards the end of May. 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 thanked Trump for the role in a post on X and said he believed the cost-cutting agency would become a "way of life throughout government". 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."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.
He added the agency will "only strengthen over time". "The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."
A White House official told news outlet Semafor that Musk's "offboarding" as a special government employee would begin on Wednesday night. 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 criticised Trump's "big, beautiful" bill, which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and a pledge to increase defence spending. 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.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. 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.
You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts. 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".