Elon Musk’s departure from DOGE, his now-strained relationship with Trump, slumping Tesla sales and the drop in the company’s share price have not meant that the Tesla Takedown movement is coming to an end anytime soon,

The Department of Government Efficiency, the brainchild of Elon Musk that upended Washington with its rapid-fire drive to slash thousands of federal jobs and cut costs, is effectively leaderless now that the billionaire and his deputy have stepped down,

Announced last week, Elon Musk is stepping back from his "special government employee" role running his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for Donald Trump. On Monday night, The Daily Show 's Jon Stewart unpacked the Tesla CEO's decision with his signature gleeful gusto.