#ElonMuskDOGEDeparture Elon Musk announces that he is stepping down from his role as an advisor to the Trump administration after criticizing the Republicans' budget proposal

Billionaire Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that his term leading the president Donald Trump's government spending reduction task force has come to an end.

Musk has helped in recent months to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, since its establishment this year.

He was appointed by Trump as a "special government employee," which allows him to work in a government position for 130 days a year. Counting from Trump's inauguration on January 20, he would reach that limit by the end of May.

In a post on X, Musk thanked Trump for the position and stated that he believed the spending reduction agency would become a "way of life throughout the government."