He was the strong man of the confusion, the symbol of a state to “Rationalize”in the words of Donald Trump. But four months after joining the presidential team as “special employee”, Elon Musk slams the door … and openly criticizes the tenant of the White House.
“I was disappointed to see this bill for massive spending – frankly – which increases the budget deficit”said the billionaire Tuesday in an extract broadcast on CBS, in reference to the major economic reform carried by Donald Trump. The text, currently examined at the congress, provides in particular to extend large tax credits, the flagship measure of the second presidential mandate. He was baptized by the Head of State “The big and beautiful law”.
For Elon Musk, the account is no longer there. “I think that a law can be great or that it can be beautiful. But I don’t know if she can be both ”he quips in this interview, the complete broadcast of which is scheduled for Sunday. According to the analysis of a parliamentary agency without political affiliation, the text in the state would result in an increase in the federal deficit of $ 3,800 billion in the next decade. The businessman also entrusted to Washington Post that the DOGE (Department of government efficiency in French) was “In the process of becoming the scapegoat for everything”.
An unexpected rupture
An enhancing distance, since he officially announced his departure from the Doge in the wake. “While my scheduled period as a special government employee is coming to an end, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for giving me the opportunity to reduce unnecessary expenses”he wrote on Wednesday on his X network. He assures that the DOGE mission “Will strengthen in the future to become a way of life in the government”.
Since the election of Donald Trump last November, the duo formed by the president and the tech magnate has been inseparable. From the inauguration of January 20, its silhouette-still dressed in black, cap screwed on the skull-appeared on the lawns of the White House, on the presidential plane, or during meetings of the cabinet.
Behind the scenes, however, the experience did not go without friction. Several ministers have expressed their exasperation in the face of the methods deemed brutal of Musk and his outspokenness, sometimes difficult to channel. In accordance with the regulations, its mission was limited to 130 days. At the end of April, he had already announced that he wanted to refocus on her businesses, including Tesla, weakened by a fall in sales and an image tarnished by her sockets. Last Saturday, after a brief breakdown of the social network, the billionaire had posted a lapidary message: “Back to spend 24 hours a day at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms”.
Is the break between Elon Musk and Donald Trump final? The business manager did not say it. But by deviating from the presidential line, he broke with unfailing loyalty which will have marked the first months of the second mandate of the Republican President.
