His days as a White House consultant can come to an end – along with the government efficiency department that abolishes the government.
The president implied on Monday that Musk’s close ally may need to return to his companies full -time and that the hectic Doge mission will be completed after the dismissal of tens of thousands of government officials.
“I think it’s amazing, but I also think it has a big company to run and so at some point it will have to come back.”Trump said about Tesla’s chief executive. “He wants to do it. I would keep him as much as I could hold him ».
The president’s comments, which were held at a White House signature ceremony on an executive decree calling for increased control of the ticketing resellers, came amid increasing public concern about the chaos and turmoil caused by Doge – and as Tesla is high.
Musk is described as a temporary government official, with a 130 -day ceiling for his services at the White House. According to this characterization, his term would be completed in late May. But a White House official told Politico in February that there is no visible end to his working time next to Trump and that he was “here to stay”.
Its decline in popularity and problems with Tesla
Ever since he entered the government, Musk has – according to his own description – has used a chainsaw for the federal workforce, inter alia, abolishing organizations such as the United States International Development Service and the United States Peace Institute. His effort is not popular with more than half of the voters in a recent Quinnipiac poll to say that the billionaire and Doge are harming the country.
Trump told reporters at the White House that Doge’s influence would remain because the members of the cabinet and the heads of organizations “received a lot of training” from that experience. “There will be a point where the secretaries will be able to do this job.”
In the meantime, Tesla faces great turmoil. Sales of electric cars are falling sharply around the world, as Musk’s rage makes the vehicles increasingly dislike for consumers who once flocked to the brand. The company’s share price fell 36% in the first quarter.
Musk appeared to lay the groundwork for his retirement at the 130 -day interview with Fox News last week, saying: “I think we will have completed most of the work needed to reduce the deficit by one trillion dollars within that time.”
