'Not the end of DOGE,' says Elon Musk as he leaves White House role

Elon Musk has formally near his relation successful Donald Trump's administration.

Mr Trump confirmed the expected departure astatine a quality league connected Friday, wherever helium thanked Mr Musk "for his unthinkable service" with his enactment for the Department of Government Efficiency, oregon DOGE, and suggested helium would proceed to beryllium "back and forth".

Mr Trump besides handed Mr Musk a aureate cardinal successful a White House-branded box, which helium described arsenic a "special present".

Meanwhile, Mr Musk said it was "not the extremity of DOGE, but the beginning" and that the DOGE squad would "only turn stronger".

He besides said helium would proceed to sojourn the White House and would inactive beryllium an advisor to Mr Trump.

Mr Musk was handed the task of cutting authorities spending by sacking national workers and eliminating bureaucratic discarded arsenic caput of the recently formed DOGE department.

The billionaire proprietor of Tesla, SpaceX, and X oversaw drastic cuts to America's humanitarian efforts, starring to disapproval that the US was relinquishing immoderate of its planetary influence.

Despite promising to prevention taxpayers arsenic overmuch arsenic $2trn (£1.5trn), DOGE presently estimates its efforts person saved $175bn (£130bn).

However, questions person besides been raised astir whether the section has really saved taxpayers arsenic overmuch wealth arsenic suggested.

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In a station connected X connected Thursday, Mr Trump said "he [Musk] will, always, beryllium with us, helping each the way. Elon is terrific!".

The 53-year-old - who famously brought his lad X Æ A-12 to the Oval Office - has expressed vexation astir absorption to his ideas, and clashed with different elder members of the Trump administration.

But speaking to Gillian Joseph connected The World earlier this week, Musk's father, Errol Musk insisted determination was "no rift betwixt Elon and Donald Trump".

As a "special authorities employee", US instrumentality allowed him to service for 130 days, which would person ended astir Friday.

He announced helium was leaving in a station connected X, in which helium said: "I would similar to convey President Donald Trump for the accidental to trim wasteful spending".

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