President Donald Trump said that presidential special adviser Elon Musk is likely to leave the administration in “a few months.”
In response to questions about when Musk could leave, Trump told reporters on Air Force One Thursday that “Elon is fantastic” but he has “a number of companies to run.” Musk is a special government employee, meaning he has to leave 130 days after he assumes the position.
“I want him to stay as long as possible,” he said. “There’s going to be a point where he’s going to have to leave.”
Musk joined the government as Trump in January created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) through an executive order. Since then, DOGE has gone from agency to agency to look into what it calls fraud, abuse, and waste. Its work has been stymied by multiple federal judges in recent days….