Tech billionaire and business mogul Elon Musk has announced he will step down from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Trump administration.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO confirmed his departure on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday night, stating his tenure as a special government employee was concluding.

Musk thanked President Donald Trump for the opportunity to lead efforts aimed at cutting wasteful government spending.

“The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,” Musk wrote in his post.

Musk has been the public face of DOGE since President Trump signed an executive order establishing the office on January 20, 2025.

Since then, DOGE has scrutinized federal government agencies in a quest to identify and end government overspending, corruption, and fraud.

However, his departure comes just a day after he voiced disappointment with Trump’s latest budget bill, which proposes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and a significant boost to defense spending.

In an interview with BBC’s U.S. partner, CBS, the SpaceX and Tesla boss argued that the “big, beautiful bill,” as Trump refers to it, would ultimately increase the federal deficit.

Musk further stated that he believed the budget bill “undermines the work” of DOGE. He famously quipped, “I think a bill can be big or it could be beautiful, but I don’t know if it could be both.”

His exit signals a potential ideological clash over fiscal policy within the administration’s broader goals.

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