TRUMP SAYS HE’D LIKE TO KEEP MUSK FOR A LONG TIME – Musk confirmed plans to reduce his government time commitment to one or two days a week
President Donald Trump said that he would like to keep Elon Musk “for a long time”.
The Department of Government Efficiency, created by executive order the day Trump took office and helmed by billionaire Musk, has spearheaded efforts to shrink the federal workforce and slash the deficit via mass firings, contract cancellations and reduced services to Americans across the federal government.
But Musk confirmed plans on Tuesday April 22nd to reduce his government time commitment to one or two days a week to focus on his battered car company Tesla, raising questions about the future of the agency’s work. As a special government employee, his mandate appeared due to expire at the end of May.
The billionaire has provided the White House with political cover while DOGE pursued a cost-cutting drive that has made it deeply unpopular among career staffers. Cabinet secretaries view DOGE employees as encroaching on their traditional authority to hire and fire, and some have been reluctant to do its bidding.
