"In April, Elon Musk began backing away from his role as head of DOGE. By June, he was more or less fully gone from DC. In his wake, he left a power vacuum and significant ill will that has apparently led to the dissolution of DOGE eight months before its charter expires. To call Musk's DC tenure contentious would be an understatement."
"As a man accustomed to getting what he wants and functioning as a powerful executive, he swept through Washington with a figurative chainsaw, slashing budgets, firing workers, and making audacious power grabs. Musk's brash behavior angered government employees and alienated would-be allies, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Eventually, the bad blood reached a fever pitch, and Musk had a minor physical altercation with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent."
Elon Musk began stepping away from leadership of DOGE in April and was largely absent from Washington by June, leaving a power vacuum and considerable ill will that culminated in the agency’s dissolution eight months before its charter expired. Musk enacted budget cuts, fired workers, and pursued audacious power grabs that alienated government employees and potential allies such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Tensions escalated to a minor physical altercation with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. By late May, the agency and Musk lost favor with President Trump, prompting White House pushback and removal of Musk's deputy, Steve Davis.
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