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Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.
Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has described his Trump-centric family life days after his wife left her administration post to work for Elon Musk.After discussing Trump’s construction of the MAGA movement,
“DOGE’s over-promising and underperforming results damaged not only Musk’s reputation but also the standing of the Trump administration as a whole, and beyond that, probably the reputations and chances for success of future governmental reform cost-cutting measures,” presidential historian David Pietrusza told the Washington Examiner.
Elon Musk has left the White House with little fanfare after splitting with Trump on policy and failing to meet his DOGE savings goals.
Live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as Elon Musk leaves the White House and a federal trade court rules against Trump's tariffs.