Overview

• Effective May 29, Musk concluded his 130-day appointment as a special government employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
• The exit followed Musk’s public criticism of Trump’s signature tax and spending package for undermining DOGE’s deficit-reduction goals.
• Under Musk’s leadership, DOGE enacted sweeping cost cuts that led to about 260,000 federal job eliminations while shuttering USAID alongside other agencies.
• Musk’s unorthodox methods, including access to sensitive federal data alongside contract cancellations, spurred multiple lawsuits with a federal judge warning of constitutional violations.
• With no successor named, DOGE’s future remains in flux as Musk signals a pullback from political engagements.