At a celebratory rally after Trump’s inauguration, Musk’s White House career got off to a contentious start when he seemingly offered a straight-arm salute at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., as he excitedly told the crowd: “My heart goes out to you.”

Elon Musk steps down from his government efficiency role after clashing with Trump over US federal spending policies.

Elon Musk has stepped down as DOGE Chief after calling President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ a “disaster for the federal budget.” The tech mogul criticized the bill’s lack of fiscal responsibility and claimed it directly contradicted DOGE’s mission to reduce government waste.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he is ending his role in the Trump administration running cost-cutting agency DOGE, just days after he announced plans to refocus more of his attention on the EV maker.

Elon Musk steps down from DOGE amid backlash over funding cuts, conflict of interest, and Tesla's sales plunge in Europe.

Elon Musk concluded his tenure as a Special Government Employee, leading President Trump's cost-cutting task force, DOGE. Despite controversies and a

Tesla and SpaceX is the world's richest person and has used his platform to make his views known on a vast array of topics.

Elon Musk said his stint in Washington taught him that “the federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized.”

The chainsaw ethos of President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting department is giving way to a more methodical, and modest, operation as Tesla CEO Elon ... into DOGE’s creation, and with Musk ...

Musk took a job with the Trump White House with one mission: to cut spending from the government as much as possible. He began with an initial target of "at least $2 trillion", which then shifted to $1tr and ultimately $150bn.

The Department of Government Efficiency has been using Grok AI, says reports, which means that the chatbot has access to US government data.