Elon Musk To Exit Trump's DOGE Team After Hitting Deficit Reduction Target? Here’s What He Said
Elon Musk, who has been spearheading government cost-cutting efforts as head of the DOGE, was brought in as a “special government employee” for a 130-day term.
US President Donald Trump’s team member and tech billionaire Elon Musk signalled about his plans to step down from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by the end of May after overseeing $1 trillion reduction in the US deficit.
Musk, who has been spearheading government cost-cutting efforts as head of the DOGE, was brought in as a “special government employee" for a 130-day term, according to reports.
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In an interview with Fox News, the Tesla chief and several top aides at DOGE spoke at length about their work to reduce the unnecessary financial burden on America and how they were reaching closer to their goal.
“This is a revolution. And I think it might be the biggest revolution in government since the original revolution," he said. “At the end of the day, America’s going to be in much better shape. It’s going to be a fantastic future."
When asked whether he would extend his 130-day term, Elon Musk stated that he expects his work to be mostly finished by then. “I believe we will have completed the majority of the work needed to reduce the deficit by $1 trillion within that period," he said.
Here’s Elon’s brief one-on-one interview with Fox News on DOGE, the attacks against Tesla, President Trump and Ukraine.Timestamps:
0:07 DOGE is lightning-fast for gov standards0:38 Reconciling gov databases is painful1:13 Pentagon loses $30 billion/year but doesn’t know… pic.twitter.com/KQUOM08f1C
— ELON CLIPS (@ElonClipsX) March 28, 2025
“Our goal is to reduce the waste and fraud by $4 billion a day, every day, seven days a week. And so far, we are succeeding…Unless this exercise is successful, the ship of America will sink," he remarked.
The tech mogul indicated that his effort to spearhead the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.
Further, the DOGE head and his team members- Aram Moghaddassi, Steve Davis, Brad Smith, Anthony Armstrong, Joe Gebbia, Tom Krause, and Tyler Hassen- detailed their efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in various government agencies.
According to its website, DOGE claims that as of March 27, it has saved Americans $130 billion, which amounts to roughly $807 per taxpayer.
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