Elon Musk says goodbye to you. The richest man in the world announced on Wednesday in his X account that definitely leaves his functions in the White House. The goodbye comes a day after the progress of an interview was published in which the tycoon criticized President Donald Trump. In it, it is said disappointed by “huge public expense” that, in his opinion, will bring
“At the end of my mandate as a special government employee, I want to thank President @realdonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce unnecessary expenditure,” he wrote. “The Mission of @Doge will be strengthened over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”
A White House official confirmed after that message that Musk’s departure from Washington has effects from “Wednesday night.”
The entrepreneur entered the Trump administration in the quality “special government employee”, a position created by Congress in 1962 that allows the Government or the Legislative Power to hire temporary workers for specific tasks with an expiration date.
Among the conditions of their contracts is the limit of working “for a maximum of 130 days in a period of 365 days [un año]”, As can be read on the website of the Office of Government Ethics. The deadline ended for Musk next Friday, if it begins to be counted from the day of the president’s possession.
The end of the Doge is set in the decree with which Trump gave him a letter of nature for July 4, 2026, when the United States will turn 250.
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