Reached much less than hoped. Musk is leaving its office in Trump’s government

Washington. Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday confirmed his departure in government US President Donald Trump.

Trump built the head of Tesla and SpaceX The office of the State Administration Efficiency (Doga) Office in January, when he became president.

The billionaire had to reduce government expenses and cancel various US agencies as a so -called special government employee in about a year after about a year.

« At a time when my defined period is ending as a special government employee, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for the opportunity to reduce unnecessary expenses, » he wrote on his social network X.

The number of federal employees fell by 12 percent

Musk said he believes that the agency would be « a way of functioning the whole government ». In his words, the agency will « just stronger with time ».

According to the BBC, the unnamed White House representative confirmed Musk’s departure and said that his « termination » as a special government employee will begin Wednesday evening.

At the beginning of April, Politico magazine, referring to unnamed sources, brought information about the planned departure of Muska from office. He said at that time that Musk would soon leave office and return to business. However, this report was disproved at that time by the White House, and spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Musk would leave until he was completed.

Reuters claims that Doga has reduced the number of civilian federal employees by almost 12 percent, or approximately 260,000 from the original 2.3 million. However, this occurred through the threats of dismissal, severance pay and offers for early retirement.

Frustration from resistance

Musk’s notification of leaving function by station CNN It comes after expressing concerns about the fundamental package of tax and expenditure cuts of President Trump, referred to as « One Big, Beautiful Bill ».

In an interview with CBS, he said that this package would increase the US budget deficit and weakened the effort by the Doga.

According to AP, the entrepreneur reached much less than hoped during his work in the government. For example, it has significantly reduced its goal in reducing spending and increasingly expressing frustration from resistance to his intentions.

He also came into conflicts with the leading members of the Trump government several times, which was hindered by his efforts to reform their ministries, and for his efforts he was exposed to strong political criticism, writes AP.