He uses a few words and entrusts them to his social x the billionaire Elon Musk to announce that his position in the US administration has come to an end. “With the end of my period as a special government official, I would like to thank President Trump for the opportunity to reduce waste. The dog’s mission will strengthen over time, becoming a lifestyle for the whole government”.
The magnate announced its resignation by the government of Donald Trump, after expressing “Disappointment” for the taxproget and the republican budget who, according to him, “compromises” his work as a consultant for efficiency. Musk had said that Trump’s bill would have increased the deficit and compromised the work of the Department for Government Efficiency (Doge), who fired tens of thousands of people.
Musk, who was a constant presence alongside Trump before retiring to focus on his space X and Tesla activities, also complained of the fact that the doge had become a “scapegoat” for dissatisfaction with the administration.
“I was disappointed in seeing the massive bill on shopping, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, instead of reducing it, and undermines the work that the team is doing,” Musk said in an interview with the CBS News, of which an extract was broadcast on Tuesday evening and which will be broadcast in full Sunday.
The ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill Act’ of Trump, approved last week by the House of Representatives and now being examined by the Senate, offers large tax reliefs and shopping cuts and is the fulcrum of his internal agenda. But the critics warn that he will decim health care and will let the national deficit of 4 trillions of dollars rise in a decade.
«A law can be large or can be beautiful. But I don’t know if both can be. It’s my personal opinion, “Musk said in the interview.
The White House tried to minimize the differences in US public spending, without directly appointing Musk. “Big Beautiful Bill is not an annual budget law,” wrote the deputy chief of Cabinet of Trump, Stephen Miller, after the broadcast of the comments of the technology magnate. “All doge cuts should be made through a separate law that aims to federal bureaucracy, according to the rules of the United States Senate” added Miller.
But Musk’s comments represented a rare divergence with the Republican president who helped to bring back to power, as the main financier of his election campaign for 2024.