Elon Musk offered his opinion on the Trump administration in an interview shortly after he departed from the White House, despite initially saying he only wanted to talk about

Billionaire Elon Musk has left his government adviser position to President Donald Trump this week. Musk made the announcement on X, the social media platform his owns. Musk ran the Department of Efficiency or DOGE that lead to massive layoffs across the DMV.

In February, President Donald Trump appointed Elon Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a brand new agency tasked with overhauling the US government. In 2024, the US government spent $7.57tn across hundreds of agencies. DOGE was asked to cut this spending.

The singer and humanitarian schooled the podcaster on the real world impact of his billionaire friend's DOGE cuts, while Musk fires back on social media.

Musk said he had "done enough" and that he will step away from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the inner-government group that has slashed federal budgets and workforces. As he prepared his goodbyes, Newsweek looked back at Musk's time in government and asked experts on whether he will have a lasting impact.

A handful of the agencies he targeted trimmed their combined spending by about $19 billion, far below the goal of $2 trillion.

Mr. Musk’s time in Washington has brought significant benefits to his fastest-growing company, SpaceX, the rocket and satellite communications giant. Musk allies were chosen to run NASA and the Air Force — two of SpaceX’s key customers — and one of the company’s major regulators, the Federal Communications Commission.