Elon Musk is a confidante of US President Trump – and responsible for controversial austerity measures among the federal authorities in the United States. According to media reports, he allegedly gave up his office soon. The white house contradicts.
According to media reports, the tech billionaire Elon Musk will soon be one of the most important consultants of US President Donald Trump. Trump informed his innermost advisory group that Musk would leave in the coming weeks, the Magazin Politico reported on three “people familiar with the process”. The broadcaster ABC News also reported that Trump gave the relevant information to tight consultants.
According to Politico, Trump is still satisfied with Musk's work. However, both in the past few days had decided that it would soon be for Musk to return to its companies. One of the sources has declared that Musk would probably keep an informal role as a consultant and continue to be seen occasionally in the White House. Another said whoever believes that Musk would completely disappear from Trump's environment would make a difference.
Trump spokeswoman calls reports “garbage”
The White House clearly rejected the reports. Government spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt called the representations “garbage”. Both Musk and Trump have publicly stated that the Tech billionaire “would be left out of the public service as a special government employee as soon as his” incredible work “was completed.
Trump had commissioned the head of the Tesla electric car manufacturer to ensure savings as a government officer and the dissolution of authorities – organized through the “Department of Government Efficiency” (Doge) affiliated to the White House. In this context, Musk caused controversial savings measures and the release of thousands of federal authorities.
Musk currently has the official status of a “special government agent”. However, this status is only granted for 130 days – that would be in Musk's case around the end of May. Last week he told Fox News that he would complete the majority of his work to reduce expenses in the federal budget by a trillion dollar until the end of the $ 130.
Musk in criticism
Both the Doge and Musk's influence on the government are now the focus of numerous complaints. Critics accuse the entrepreneur of incorporating his economic self -interests – as head of Tesla, SpaceX and X – into his government work.
At the same time, Musk's economic basis is also under pressure. An employee of the US government told the Reuters news agency that Musk's investors wanted to return to his companies. Tesla most recently fought with a sales loss above the expectations. After the media reports about Musks possible withdrawal, however, the course turned into the plus and temporarily increased by about four percent.
Ulrich Ueckerseifer, ARD Washington, Tagesschau, 02.04.2025 7:52 p.m.
