‘Elon Musk will depart from public service as a special government employee’, so claim some reports and rumours doing the rounds. However, DogeDesigner, the Twitter account of a staunch Elon Musk supporter and also the one that regularly post news related to Tesla CEO has strongly denied this. “BREAKING: Elon Musk will depart from public service as a special government employee only when his incredible work at DOGE is complete,” wrote DogeDesigner in a post on all the rumours going around about Musk resigning from DOGE.
“Karoline Leavitt has just confirmed that the media’s report about Elon Musk stepping down was false. She stated that Musk and Trump have publicly stated that Musk will leave public service as a special government employee once his remarkable work at DOGE is complete,” he said in another post.
What exactly Donald Trump said when he confirmed Elon Musk will be leaving
The US President Donald Trump kinda confirmed in an interview earlier this week that Elon Musk will be leaving the government, but not the way that the report in Politico has claimed. Taling o reporters on Monday, March 31, Trump said that he wants to keep Elon Musk at the White House for as long as he is willing to oversee the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but suggested the billionaire tech entrepreneur’s time could be nearing an end. “I think Elon is amazing but I also think he got a big company to run, so at some point he’s going to be going back. He’s a very talented guy. He’s very smart and has done a good job. DOGE found numbers that nobody can even believe like $400 billion. It could be close to a trillion dollars by the time they end. He’s led the charge. These are high IQ people. They have done a great job. At some point, Elon’s going to want to go back to his company,” Trump told reporters Monday in the Oval Office before signing an executive order targeting ticket-scalping at live events.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a senior White House adviser, is currently serving in the Trump administration as a “special government employee.” This status is reserved for federal employees working 130 days or fewer per year, meaning Musk’s role would conclude by late May if the White House adheres to federal rules and his designation remains unchanged.
Trump has expressed enthusiasm for Musk’s involvement, saying, “I’d keep him as long as I could keep him. He’s a very talented guy. You know, I love very smart people. And he’s very smart, and he’s done a good job.”
Leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk has driven the administration’s aggressive efforts to cut congressional spending programs and reduce the federal workforce by tens of thousands, aiming to significantly downsize the government.
What the executive order signed by Donald on his first day says on DOGE
Per an executive order signed by Trump on his first day, DOGE is slated to disband after 18 months, on July 4, 2026—marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Trump noted that, following Musk’s departure and DOGE’s closure, his Cabinet secretaries would take over the cost-cutting responsibilities.
“At a certain point, I think it will end, but they have also gotten a big education,” Trump said of his secretaries. “There’ll be a point at which the secretaries will be able to do this work and do it very, you know, as we say, with the scalpel, and that’s what we want.”
Trump also praised Musk’s character, adding, “He’s an American patriot, but the way he’s been treated with Tesla is just terrible.”
