White House Responds to Reports Elon Musk Is Leaving DOGE Sooner Than Later

The Tesla owner is currently a special government employee, which has a 130-day limit.

Elon Musk tosses a cheesehead hat that he arrived wearing into the crowd at a town hall meeting at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wis., on March 30, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images

The White House on Wednesday afternoon responded to multiple reports, citing anonymous sources, that Elon Musk could be leaving the Trump administration soon.

Musk himself recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies. Regarding the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Musk heads, Trump said that “it will end.”