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By Staff Writer | Open Chronicle with Agencies
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur and high-profile government advisor, announced on Wednesday his official departure from the Trump administration, signaling the end of his tenure as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
In a statement posted on X, Musk thanked President Donald Trump for the opportunity to serve, saying his role as a Special Government Employee had concluded. “The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,” Musk wrote.
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The White House confirmed the resignation to Anadolu Agency, closing a controversial chapter marked by sweeping efforts to slash federal spending and shrink the bureaucracy.
Appointed by President Trump on his first day in office, Musk was charged with aggressively trimming federal expenses and “draining inefficiency” from Washington. Under his leadership, DOGE cut thousands of government jobs and targeted major departments, including the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). These moves, praised by fiscal hawks but condemned by transparency advocates, frequently stirred political and public backlash.
Musk’s departure comes at a moment of intensifying disagreement with the White House over Trump’s latest budget and tax legislation, which Musk argues contradicts the very principles he was hired to enforce.
“I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,” Musk told CBS in an interview aired Sunday.
The bill, which narrowly passed the House in a 215–214 vote, includes a $4 trillion increase in the debt ceiling, drawing sharp criticism from both Democrats and fiscal conservatives. Republican Senator Rand Paul called the spending cuts “wimpy and anemic” and warned the legislation would “explode the debt.”
Trump, however, defended the legislation, calling it a “big, beautiful bill” that would “restore American greatness through growth.”
Despite the split, Musk left open the door for future engagement in public reform. His statement emphasized that DOGE’s ethos, efficiency, decentralization, and technological integration would endure beyond his tenure.
Though Musk is now formally outside the administration, political analysts say his influence will likely persist through his loyal base and tech-driven policy proposals.
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