**Elon Musk Steps Down from $DOGE Role After Clashing with Trump Over Deficit Spending**

Elon Musk’s whirlwind stint in the Trump administration has come to an end. The billionaire officially left his post as head of the Department of Government Efficiency ($DOGE) this week after serving the maximum 130-day term allowed for special government employees.

Musk took the reins on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025, with a mission to slash bureaucratic bloat—and he did exactly that. His tenure was marked by aggressive cost-cutting, mass layoffs, and controversial agency mergers. Supporters praised his no-nonsense approach to streamlining government, while critics accused him of prioritizing speed over stability, leaving many federal employees in the lurch.

But the real breaking point came when Musk publicly broke ranks with President Trump over the administration’s *"One Big Beautiful Bill,"* a massive tax and spending package projected to balloon the national deficit by $3.3 trillion. Musk, who had built his $DOGE legacy on fiscal restraint, didn’t hold back, calling the bill a betrayal of the department’s core mission.

In a farewell post on X, Musk remained characteristically optimistic: *"The mission of $DOGE will only grow stronger over time as it becomes a foundational principle in government."* But with no successor named and the department set to dissolve by July 2026, the future of his efficiency crusade remains uncertain.

For now, Musk is shifting his focus back to his private ventures—though given his track record, this probably isn’t the last we’ll see of him in the political arena.

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