Elon Musk expresses gratitude to President Trump as he exits DOGE.
Special Advisor to the President Elon Musk and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced his formal departure from President Donald Trump’s administration this week. The government position he filled is restricted to 130 days in a one-year period.
“As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President [Donald Trump] for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” wrote Elon Musk on his social media platform. “The DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”
President Trump announced a special press conference for Friday afternoon as a farewell to Musk. The president stated, “This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way. Elon is terrific! See you tomorrow at the White House.”
The DOGE site reported, as of Friday morning, an estimated $175 billion in savings through a “combination of asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant cancellations, interest savings, programmatic changes, regulatory savings, and workforce reductions.”
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said, “I think the American people ought to be saying to Elon, thank you, thank you, thank you. He came and spent four months working for the American people, free of charge, didn’t collect a salary, made nothing.”
Senator Cruz added, “He rooted out massive waste, fraud and abuse, and he did so at enormous cost to himself. You look at his stockholdings, his stockholdings dropped tens of billions of dollars. It was a personal sacrifice and the death threats that were directed against him were massive. I think Elon is an extraordinary entrepreneur, an extraordinary business leader.”
Vice President JD Vance said, “I think what he’s done is really incredible… the DOGE effort will continue… and most importantly, the job, the job of making the government more efficient — of not wasting people’s money — that has to continue. I think it’s one of the most important mandates that we got from the American people.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For President Trump and officials in his administration as they continue efforts to reduce government spending and eliminate fraud.
- For members of Congress as they consider codifying the DOGE changes into law to streamline federal operations.
Sources: Townhall, USA Today, Daily Wire
