Elon Musk quits role in Donald Trump's administration and reveals future of Doge

Elon Musk has officially quit his role in Donald Trump's administration, just a day after criticising the legislative centrepiece of the US president's agenda.

The world's richest man joined Trump as a 'special federal employee' when he was officially inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States in January of this year.

After providing significant support for the republican party in the build-up to the election, Trump and Musk seemingly fostered a friendship which saw the latter form the Department of Government Efficiency, commonly known as DOGE.

Although it was always expected that the Tesla founder would leave government at the end of May, due to his officially designated title as a special federal employee only allowing him to work a federal job for 130 days each year, Trump spoke last month about the several reasons why he wanted Musk to stick around.

We won't be seeing them together as much from now on (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Musk has stuck by Trump even after his so-called 'Liberation Day' tariffs cost billionaires around the world huge amounts of money, but it seems as if his patience finally wore thin on Tuesday when he admitted he was 'disappointed' with Trump's budget bill, which proposes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and a boost to defence spending.

The Space X boss suggested that the bill, which Trump has described as big and beautiful, would increase the federal deficit and also 'undermine the work' that Doge has done over the past four months.that the "big,

"I think a bill can be big or it could be beautiful," Musk said. "But I don't know if it could be both."

And now, according to the BBC, The White House began 'offboarding' Musk as a special government employee on Wednesday night.

Musk confirmed the news on X, writing: "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.

Despite clashes, Musk remains a big fan of Trump (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

"The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."

He certainly leaves with a legacy, given that the Doge's plans to cut $150 billion from the federal government led to 2.3 million members of the federal civilian workforce losing their jobs, some of which were mistakenly let go.

Musk confirmed that he would be stepping back from Doge in April after facing criticism as Trump looks to completely overhaul the US economy.

"Doge is just becoming the whipping boy for everything," Musk told the Washington Post in Texas on Tuesday ahead of a Space X launch.

"Something bad would happen anywhere, and we would get blamed for it even if we had nothing to do with it."