Trump informed members of his Cupboard that Elon Musk will go away his authorities position within the administration within the coming months, a senior White Home official confirmed to NBC Information.
Trump mentioned Musk transitioning again to the non-public sector throughout his March 24 Cupboard assembly behind closed doorways, the official stated.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt downplayed the information in a submit on X, saying that Politico’s “‘scoop’ was rubbish.”
“Elon Musk and President Trump have each *publicly* acknowledged that Elon will depart from public service as a particular authorities worker when his unbelievable work at DOGE is full,” she stated.
On Monday, Trump stated that Musk has been “wonderful” however that he has a “large firm to run, and so in some unspecified time in the future, he’ll be going again.” Musk, who has been overseeing the Division of Authorities Effectivity, owns a number of ventures, together with SpaceX and Tesla.
Throughout an interview on Fox Information final week, Musk was requested if he would keep on after his 130-day standing as a particular authorities worker ends.
“I feel we can have achieved many of the work required to scale back the deficit by $1 trillion inside that time-frame,” Musk replied.