Overview

• Musk formally ended his 130-day term as a Special Government Employee on May 29, thanking President Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.
• He criticised the One Big Beautiful Bill, calling it a 'massive spending bill' that would undermine the department’s cost-cutting work.
• During his four months at DOGE, roughly 260,000 federal workers were laid off or offered severance; multiple contracts were cancelled.
• The claimed $175 billion in savings has been challenged for methodological errors; some courts have ordered reinstatement of terminated employees.
• The administration has not named a replacement; Musk plans to scale back political contributions to focus on his companies.