In the election campaign and in the first weeks of his presidency, Tech billionaire Elon Musk was often next to Donald Trump. But now the 53-year-old withdraws from Washington.
Musk invested more than $ 250 million in Trump’s election campaign and then became a close confidant of the US president. After various internal conflicts, however, his dedication ends as such -driven “special government officer”. According to American law, the status is limited to 130 days.
Musk ends in Doge van Trump’s Efficiency Department
He would give up his position in the American government, said Musk with a view to his work at the State Efficiency Public Service (Doge) created by Trump. He wanted to “thank Trump for the possibility of reducing unnecessary costs,” he added. Regardless of his withdrawal, the mandate of the doge will “strengthen” over time, Musk added. This order is the government as a “way of life”.
The exact circumstances of his resignation are still unclear. According to a person who was familiar with the case, there was no conversation between Trump and Musk. The departure of Musk was decided at the “highest level”.
Musk criticized Trump’s tax legislation
On Tuesday, however, Musk had criticized Trump’s most important tax legislation as too expensive. “To be honest, I was disappointed with the mass expenditure law that does not reduce the budget deficit, but raised and undermined the work of the DOGE team,” he said in an interview with the American broadcaster CBS News.
The “Washington Post” had recently stated Musk that his organization had become a scapegoat. Doge is “a beating made for everything”. Something negative passes somewhere, “then we will be responsible for it, even if we have nothing to do with it”.
“Dümmer then a bag of stones”
In recent weeks, Musk had always met with cabinet members, especially with Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio, Minister of Transport Sean Duffy and Minister of Finance Scott Bessent. He described Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro as “idiots” and “Dümmer as a bag of stones”.
The political involvement of Musk has activated protests worldwide. Some Tesla investors demanded that Musk gives up his role as Trump consultant and is more dedicated to Tesla.
Painful sale drops at Tesla
Musk’s company Tesla reported significant falls and burglaries in April. Accordingly, the global sale of American electric cars fell by 13 percent in the first quarter by 13 percent. Musk then announced that it would limit his work at Doge in order to be able to take care of his electric car companies again. The “decisive work” of Doge was “largely done”, he now wants to devote himself to his company Tesla again, Musk said in April.
Musk because of AfD support in criticism
There were also huge problems with Musk’s Online Service X. Recently the ninth test flight of the Giant Rocket Starship of the SpaceX Space Company founded by Musk also Tuesday. In Europe and especially in Germany, Musk criticized his support for right -wing political forces. The entrepreneur had supported the extreme right AfD in the Federal election campaign.
Source: Krone
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