BREAKING: Elon Musk stepping down from DOGE in May. Here’s what he said…More detail

BREAKING: Elon Musk stepping down from DOGE in May. Here’s what he said…More detail

Elon Musk may be getting out of DOGE.

On Thursday, Musk said he plans to step down from his role in Donald Trump’s administration this spring.

The head of Tesla and X owner said he plans on stepping down in May during a Fox News interview with six members of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team.

Musk said he was overseeing a “revolution” in government.

“I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by $1 trillion within that time frame,” Musk said.

Musk is a polarizing figure. While many dislike him, Trump and his team put a lot of confidence in him. It sounds like he only has a few months left on the job.

“The government is not efficient, and there is a lot of waste and fraud, so we feel confident that a 15% reduction can be done without affecting any of the critical government services,” he said.

Musk’s team said it saved the country $115 billion by slashing wasteful and redundant spending. Not everyone agrees, but he feels he has the country on track and he can step aside.

“I think we will accomplish most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within (130 days),” Musk said. “Our goal is to reduce the waste and fraud by $4 billion a day, every day, seven days a week. And so far, we are succeeding.

“Unless this exercise is successful, the ship of America will sink. That’s why we’re doing it.”