{"id":14532,"date":"2025-05-29T13:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=14532"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:35:15","slug":"elon-musk-announces-departure-from-us-president-trumps-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/elon-musk-announces-departure-from-us-president-trumps-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk announces departure from US President Trump\u2019s administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Musk announced the news on X, where he declared his controversial government cost-cutting measures a victory.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that he is leaving the administration of United States President Donald Trump, where he led a months-long project to cut costs in the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,\u201d he wrote on the social media platform X on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,\u201d Musk said, referring to the Department of Government Efficiency, which he was a top figure in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk joined the Trump Administration in January with the promise of slashing at least $1 trillion from the US federal budget, although the DOGE website shows it has only achieved about $175bn in savings, or $1,088.96 per US taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Musk\u2019s departure coincides with the 130-day limit for \u201cspecial government employees\u201d, and the White House said DOGE efforts to cut federal spending and restructure the government would continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relationship between the billionaire and the US president, however, appears to have cooled since last year, when Musk poured nearly $300m into Trump\u2019s presidential run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the weekend, Musk publicly expressed concerns about Trump\u2019s flagship<\/a> \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d\u2013 a 1,000-page piece of legislation that extends the president\u2019s 2017 tax cuts while adding work requirements for food assistance and Medicaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,\u201d Musk told the news programme CBS Sunday Morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill also allocates spending for some of Trump\u2019s signature projects, like building a wall between the US and Mexico and raising funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d passed in the House of Representatives last week and will next be discussed by the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If passed in its current format, the bill will cancel out DOGE\u2019s work because it is expected to raise the US deficit by $3.9 trillion by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think a bill can be big, or it can be beautiful, but I don\u2019t know if it can be both. My personal opinion,\u201d Musk told CBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about Musk\u2019s concerns, Trump told reporters that work on the bill was still under way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will be negotiating that bill, and I\u2019m not happy about certain aspects of it, but I\u2019m thrilled by other aspects of it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the way they go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has avoided criticising Musk directly, but US media has reported clashes between the billionaire and members of the Trump Cabinet, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US news outlet Politico reported that Musk\u2019s s exit was already under discussion as early as April, citing unnamed US officials, after he clashed with top White House officials and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of Musk\u2019s DOGE cuts have also turned off US voters, including in crucial swing states. Earlier this year, the billionaire failed to secure a win for a conservative candidate in a race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court despite spending $20m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An April opinion poll from The Washington Post and ABC News also showed Musk\u2019s approval rating at just 35 percent for his work with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following an uptick in public scrutiny, Musk said earlier this month that he would scale back his political spending and re-focus his attention on companies like Tesla, which just suffered its worst quarter since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBack to spending 24\/7 at work and sleeping in conference\/server\/factory rooms. I must be super focused on X\/xAI and Tesla (plus Starship launch next week), as we have critical technologies rolling out,\u201d Musk posted on his X platform over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Musk announced the news on X, where he declared his controversial government cost-cutting measures a victory. 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