The businessman thanked President Donald Trump "for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” in his Wednesday, May 28, announcement

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has officially stepped down from his role helping lead DOGE, which had long been the plan as a special government employee.

Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts with the Department of Government Efficiency to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

Elon Musk concludes his tenure as a Special Government Employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump 2.0 Administration. He

US administration officials were often vague about when Musk would step back from his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, and he abruptly revealed that he was leaving in a post Wednesday on X.

A district court judge in Washington, D.C., said on Tuesday that Elon Musk has an expansive role in the federal government.

In lieu of a weekly activity report, Pentagon employees will be required to submit one idea to help eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse each week.

CEO Elon Musk finds himself in legal crosshairs over the power he wielded as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a quasi-government agency President Donald Trump instituted after he assumed office in January to cut down excessive government spending.