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Trump credited 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.
President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday, marking a cordial end to the important and yet controversial stint of the latter. Musk, it is reported, will be rededicating himself to running his business empire, including electric automaker Tesla, rocket company SpaceX, and social media platform X.
Trump credited Musk with a colossal changes in the old ways of doing business in Washington, and said some of his staff would remain in the administration. Musk, who wore all black, including a T-shirt that said “The Dogefather,” nodded along as the president listed contracts that had been cut under his watch.
During his tenure, thousands of employees were fired or pushed out. Some government functions. Departments, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, which had provided a lifeline for impoverished people around the world, was closed fully or partially, causing worldwide ramifications.
Several studies have surfaced to measure the extent of damage caused due to the colossal closures arbitrarily pushed by both Trump and Musk. Boston University researchers estimate that hundreds of thousands of people have already died as a result of the USAID cuts.
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Despite the upheaval, Musk also fell far short of his goals. After promising to cut USD 1 trillion or even USD 2 trillion in federal spending, he lowered expectations to only USD 150 billion in the current fiscal year. It’s unclear whether that target has been hit. The DOGE website tallies USD 175 billion in savings, but its information has been riddled with errors and embellishments.
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