Elon Musk announces departure from Trump administration, defends DOGE's mission to cut wasteful government spending


By Tim Evanson

Elon Musk, who led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) established by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office, has announced his intention to resign from his position as a special government employee and expressed his gratitude to President Trump on Twitter.

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Elon Musk thanks Trump, says he's leaving government work with DOGE
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/28/elon-musk-trump-doge.html

On May 29, 2025, Musk commented on X, 'As my term as a special government employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President Trump for the opportunity to cut wasteful spending. DOGE's mission will become a way of life for the entire government and will only get stronger over time.'



In the US presidential election held in November 2024, Musk supported the Trump campaign and made large donations to the Trump campaign. Since the start of the second Trump administration in January 2025, Musk has led DOGE, whose mission is to reduce the size of the federal government.

President Trump signs executive order to establish 'Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)' led by Elon Musk, who will have an office in the White House - GIGAZINE



DOGE has set a goal of 'eliminating waste in the U.S. government,' and has inspected government organizations and implemented large-scale staff cuts and project cancellations. However, the documents released by DOGE contain many accounting errors, misleading assumptions, and errors due to outdated data, and many people are questioning the effectiveness of the program.

DOGE claims to have 'save over 8 trillion yen by reducing waste' and the documents it released contain too many overestimates and simple mistakes - GIGAZINE



In addition, it has been reported that the US Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to make large-scale improvements to its old systems using AI, but there is a risk that this will have a major negative impact on society as a whole.

DOGE, led by Elon Musk, is trying to migrate the Social Security Administration's system, which contains 60 million lines of COBOL code, to code generation AI in just a few months, and the risks are being pointed out - GIGAZINE



In addition, whistleblowers have revealed that the company handled confidential information obtained from various government organizations carelessly, and that it engaged in security-related behavior, such as disabling monitoring tools to access and extract information from internal systems.

A whistleblower revealed details of how DOGE, led by Elon Musk, accessed the National Labor Relations Board's internal system and extracted confidential information, disabling monitoring tools and deleting traces, causing a sudden increase in access from Russian IP addresses - GIGAZINE



Musk has also not had a good relationship with members of the Trump administration, and has reportedly been seen exchanging insults with them in front of President Trump.

Elon Musk reportedly had a big fight with a cabinet member in front of President Trump, with 'fuck you's flying around the White House - GIGAZINE


By Thomas Hawk

In addition, the boycott of Tesla, which Musk is involved in managing, by the Trump camp spread across the United States, causing Tesla's performance to deteriorate rapidly. In response to this, Musk stated at Tesla's earnings briefing that he would 'withdraw from DOGE and return to managing Tesla.'

Elon Musk tells Tesla shareholders he's withdrawing from DOGE, boycotts and boycotts cause Tesla's net profit to fall 71% - GIGAZINE



CNBC, a financial media outlet, reported that an anonymous White House official said Musk would begin the process of leaving office on the evening of May 28.

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