My time as special govt employee comes to end: Elon Musk steps down as Trump advisor

Elon Musk has announced his departure from his relation arsenic a elder advisor to US President Donald Trump, ending his tenure arsenic a Special Government Employee with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

The billionaire entrepreneur, who besides heads Tesla and SpaceX, had been tasked with starring efforts to streamline the national bureaucracy and trim wasteful authorities spending.

Taking to X connected Wednesday (US time), Musk expressed appreciation for the accidental to serve.

“As my scheduled clip arsenic a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would similar to convey President @realDonaldTrump for the accidental to trim wasteful spending,” Musk wrote.

“The @DOGE ngo volition lone fortify implicit clip arsenic it becomes a mode of beingness passim the government,” helium said.

Musk's announcement came conscionable a time aft helium publically criticised the cornerstone of Trump’s legislative agenda.

In an interrogation with CBS, the Tesla CEO expressed disappointment with what Trump calls his ‘big beauteous bill,’ which combines sweeping taxation cuts with toughened migration enforcement.

Describing the authorities arsenic a ‘massive spending bill,’ Musk said it runs antagonistic to the goals of his department.

“It increases the national shortage and undermines the enactment of DOGE,” helium said.

Taking a excavation astatine the bill's branding, Musk remarked, “I deliberation a measure tin beryllium large oregon it could beryllium beautiful. But I don’t cognize if it could beryllium both.”

Trump responded to Musk’s disapproval connected Wednesday during a little speech with reporters successful the Oval Office.

While defending the legislation, Trump acknowledged the challenges progressive successful negotiating the bill.

“I’m not blessed astir definite aspects of it, but I'm thrilled by different aspects of it,” helium said, suggesting that the measure mightiness inactive spot revisions. “We’re going to spot what happens. It's got a mode to go,” helium said.

(This communicative was taken from a syndicated provender and was lone edited for benignant by Gujarat Samachar Digital team)