Elon Musk says goodbye as he formally departs DOGE
By: Emily Crane Published (New York Post)
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By Emily Crane Published May 29, 2025 Updated May 29, 2025, 7:10 a.m. ET
Elon Musk thanked President Trump late Wednesday as he officially stepped down from his temporary gig leading the budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
"As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending," the world's richest man posted on his social media site, X.
"The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."
Musk's 130-day mandate as a special government employee in the Trump administration was already set to expire around May 30.
His "off-boarding" started Wednesday night, a White House official said.
The exact circumstances surrounding his exit weren't immediately clear but the announcement came soon after the Tesla mogul publicly came out against the White House's "Big, Beautiful Bill" — calling it too expensive and a measure that would undermine his DOGE work.
Trump officials, meanwhile, have insisted that Musk will still stick around as an adviser even though his time is officially up.
Musk has also been adamant that DOGE would continue even after his time was up — once confidently comparing his role in the cost-cutting department to the Buddha.
"Is Buddha needed for Buddhism?" the billionaire said earlier this month when asked who would be next to lead the department.
"Was it not stronger after he passed away?"
"DOGE is kind of a way of life … we make converts all the time," he added.
Musk — who was once Trump's right-hand man — was the driving force behind DOGE in the first months of the administration, stirring public opinion over his initiatives to gut whole agencies and look for wasteful spending.
With Post wires
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We salute America's finest innovator for his public service and all he suffered for it.
Here are the cases yours truly is following involving the radical left's violent intimidation campaign:
April 30 A federal grand jury indicted 35-year-old Arizona resident Ian William Moses on five counts for allegedly pouring gasoline over three Tesla vehicles at a Mesa, Arizona, dealership and starting a fire, destroying one of the vehicles, according to the Justice Department .
April 18 The Justice Department said it arrested and charged the sixth person to face federal charges in a recent outbreak of Tesla vandalism, 19-year-old Kansas City resident and college student Owen McIntire, for allegedly using Molotov cocktails to commit arson against a Tesla dealership in Kansas City last month, accusing him of setting fire to two Cybertrucks and two Tesla charging stations.
April 14 The Justice Department announced the arrest of Albuquerque resident Jamison Wagner, whom prosecutors accuse of setting fire to two Tesla vehicles at an Albuquerque showroom in February and committing arson at the Republican Party New Mexico headquarters in March, citing surveillance footage.
April 10 A U.K.-based, anti-Musk group, Everyone Hates Elon , smashed up a 2014 Tesla car in London with sledgehammers, spray-painting phrases like “Billionaires suck” and “Tax the rich,” stating the car will be auctioned and the proceeds will go to food bank charities.
April 9 Police arrested and charged an alleged Tesla vandal on 11 counts of defacing property and one count of disorderly conduct, accusing the individual of pouring paint on Tesla vehicles at a dealership in Peabody, Massachusetts, causing an estimated $500,000 in damage, the Boston Globe reported .
April 8 The FBI told Reuters it is investigating damage to a Tesla supercharger station in Washington, after police said in a Facebook post they had responded to a “malicious mischief” after a loud noise was reported by the charging station.
April 7 A man in Henderson, Nevada, was arrested after carving the word “NAZI” and a swastika onto a Tesla Cybertruck that was parked in a parking lot.
April 5 A 12-foot-tall bust of Musk’s head was vandalized in Texas with what appears to be knife marks by the bust’s eyes, chin and back, ABC News reported.
April 5 A former federal worker, Justin Fisher, and his wife, Emily Fisher, a clean energy nonprofit executive, were arrested by Washington, D.C. police and charged with defacing property for allegedly vandalizing Tesla vehicles with anti-Musk messages.
March 31 The New York City Police Department told CBS News it is investigating at least five incidents of vandalism across the city that occurred in March, including one incident in which two men allegedly spray-painted swastikas and the word “Nazis” onto a Cybertruck in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.
March 24 Austin, Texas police said multiple “incendiary devices” were discovered at a Tesla showroom, which police said they are investigating.
March 23 Police in Bucks County, Pennsylvania reportedly said they are investigating an incident in which a group of people, who appeared to be juveniles, made crude gestures at a Tesla vehicle and dragged an object against it, leaving a mark, while the vehicle’s owner ate inside a nearby restaurant.
March 20 More than 80 Tesla vehicles were damaged with “deep scratches and punctured tires” at a dealership in Ontario, Canada, among the largest instances of Tesla vandalism in recent weeks, prompting a police investigation.
March 18 At least five Teslas were damaged in Las Vegas after an individual set cars on fire and fired at least three rounds of gunshots in a “targeted attack” on a Tesla facility, where the suspect also painted the word “RESIST” on the storefront’s windows, Las Vegas police said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
March 17 Two Tesla Cybertrucks caught fire at a Kansas City dealership in an incident police suspect may be arson, the Kansas City Star reported.
March 13 More than a dozen shots were fired at a Tesla dealership in Tigard, Oregon, the second such incident at that location in one week, causing damage to cars and store windows, police said .
March 12 Protesters from Just Stop Oil, a British environmentalist group, poured orange liquid latex over a Tesla Optimus robot at a company store in London as a form of protest against Musk, whom organizers said in a statement is “throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, jeopardising climate science and denying healthcare to vulnerable people.”
March 11 Three Tesla vehicles at a Dedham, Massachusetts, Tesla dealership were vandalized, police said , with all four wheels on each vehicle damaged and two others defaced with spray paint.
March 9 Four Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged in a fire in Seattle, fire officials told the Associated Press , though the origin of the fire is unclear and under investigation.
March 7 A man unintentionally set his clothes on fire while also setting fire to three Tesla charging stations with Molotov cocktails in a North Charleston, South Carolina parking lot, while wearing a shirt that said “F— Trump, long live Ukraine,” multiple local outlets reported.
March 6 At least seven shots were fired at a Tigard, Oregon, Tesla dealership, police said , which caused damage to three cars and the store’s windows.
March 3 Police said seven Tesla charging stations in Littleton, Massachusetts, sustained heavy damage in fires that appeared to be intentionally set.
March 2 Baltimore County Police said graffiti was found at a Tesla dealership in Owings Mills, Maryland, which said “No Musk” alongside what appeared to resemble a swastika.
Feb. 24 42-year-old Colorado resident Lucy Grace Nelson was confronted by police and charged with malicious destruction of property for numerous alleged instances of vandalism at a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado, with police finding a “container of gasoline plus a box of bottles and wick material” in her car, according to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado.
Feb. 19 Windows at a Salem, Oregon, Tesla dealership were damaged by a man firing bullets from an AR-style rifle—the second incident connected to the Salem man, who faces a federal weapons charge , and who police say previously vandalized the dealership in January.
Feb. 11 Nelson allegedly sprayed graffiti using an expletive on the front windows of the Loveland Tesla dealership, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, leading to a confrontation with a security guard.
Feb. 7 Nelson was accused of using red graffiti on a wall of the Loveland Tesla dealership and a possible arson, with police finding “multiple broken bottles consistent with incendiary devices,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Feb. 2 Police accused Nelson of spray-painting the word “Nazi” on the Loveland Tesla dealership sign.
Jan. 29 Nelson allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail aimed at a Cybertruck on display at the Loveland Tesla dealership, causing a fire, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Jan. 20 The Salem man reportedly threw Molotov cocktails at Tesla vehicles, causing a fire impacting one vehicle, police said.
Tesla Protests: Here Are The Violent Incidents Under Investigation (TImeline)
We will see if the president and congress follow through and pass the doge based rescissions. If even such a little dent can’t be put in our spending, we are in even more trouble than I imagined.
If they don't, it will have all been for nothing.
And the rest of the story - many people are likely saying "Good riddance to bad rubbish"!
He was in it for the power rush and likely figured he would enjoy fiscal benefits as well, though the contrary proved out.
He can now blowup rockets full-time
Many will say just that. But, it seems, the ones screaming the loudest and yelling at the sky are the ones with so much hidden shit and back room bullshit to enrich............that's right, themselves.
So sad that people are crying over the person FINDING the fraud, waste and abuse but not upset at those who committed the fraud, waste and abuse.
It's truly incredible. They want waste and inefficiency. They want billions funnelled to NGOs to do nothing but enrich politicians, their families and cronies.
Without that happening, they lose a large part of their income.
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You know Bob, I'm starting to understand why a Wisconsin Senator began keeping a list.
Trump should award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
For those crying about DOGE and the DoD budget, this should cause of brains to short circuit:
I've already started to see some of this happen. On the installation I work, a lot of GS employees are being let go. A lot of unused facilities are being cleaned up and put back into use. This place has been shaking for a few weeks now as the artillery and engineers are conducting their long delayed training.