Trump gives Elon Musk Oval Office sendoff, crediting him with ‘colossal change’
Donald Trump credited Elon Musk with “a colossal change in the old ways of doing business in Washington" and said some of his staff would remain in the administration
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk be a property league successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters
President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk successful the Oval Office connected Friday (May 31, 2025), providing a cordial decision to a tumultuous tenure for the billionaire entrepreneur.
Mr. Musk is leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, and he'll beryllium rededicating himself to moving his businesses, including electrical automaker Tesla, rocket institution SpaceX and societal media level X.
Mr. Trump credited Mr. Musk with “a colossal alteration successful the aged ways of doing concern successful Washington" and said immoderate of his unit would stay successful the administration. Mr. Musk, who wore each black, including a T-shirt that said “The Dogefather,” nodded on arsenic the President listed contracts that had been chopped nether his watch.
“I deliberation the DOGE squad is doing an unthinkable job," Mr. Musk said aft accepting a ceremonial cardinal from the president. "They're going to proceed to beryllium doing an unthinkable job.”
Trump bids farewell to Elon Musk arsenic DOGE chief | Video Credit: The Hindu
He near a searing people connected the national bureaucracy, including thousands of employees who were fired oregon pushed out. Some authorities functions were eviscerated, specified arsenic the U.S. Agency for International Development, which had provided a lifeline for impoverished radical astir the world. Boston University researchers estimation that hundreds of thousands of radical person already died arsenic a effect of the USAID cuts.
Despite the upheaval, Mr. Musk besides fell acold abbreviated of his goals. After promising to chopped $1 trillion oregon adjacent $2 trillion successful national spending, helium lowered expectations to lone $150 cardinal successful the existent fiscal year.
It's unclear whether that people has been hit. The DOGE website tallies $175 cardinal successful savings, but its accusation has been riddled with errors and embellishments.
Mr. Trump said Mr. Musk had led the “most sweeping and consequential authorities betterment effort successful generations." He suggested that Mr. Musk is “really not leaving” and “he's going to beryllium backmost and forth” to support tabs connected what's happening successful the administration.
Mr. Musk had a bruise adjacent to his close oculus successful the Oval Office, which helium explained by saying helium had been "horsing around" with his young son.
“I said, spell up punch maine successful the face," helium said. "And helium did.”
Mr. Musk, the world's richest person, precocious said helium would trim his governmental donations. He was Mr. Trump's apical donor successful past year's statesmanlike campaign.
Mr. Trump appeared anxious to extremity Musk's work connected a precocious note.
“This volition beryllium his past day, but not really, due to the fact that helium will, always, beryllium with us, helping each the way," Mr. Trump wrote connected societal media connected Thursday (May 29, 2025) evening. "Elon is terrific!"
As a peculiar authorities employee, Mr. Musk's presumption was designed to beryllium temporary. However, helium had speculated astir staying “indefinitely,” moving portion clip for the administration, if Mr. Trump inactive wanted his help.
Mr. Musk has brushed disconnected questions astir however DOGE would proceed without him, adjacent suggesting it could “gain momentum” successful the future.
“DOGE is simply a mode of life,” helium told reporters recently. “Like Buddhism.”<...
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