Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has provided a timeline for when he expects to step away from his role in the Trump administration as chief adviser to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
In an interview last week with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Musk said he was on pace to leave his post in May, 130 days after he began. He said the goal of slashing federal spending was averaging “$4 billion a day, every day, seven days a week,” with a goal of trimming $1 trillion annually.
If Musk’s rate of $4 billion per day remains consistent, it would total $520 billion within the 130 days he is legally permitted to work as an unpaid special government employee, the New York Post reported.
“This is a revolution. And I think it might be the biggest revolution in government since the original revolution. But at the end of the day, America is going to be in much better shape. America will be solvent. The critical programs that people depend upon will work, and it’s going to be a fantastic future. But are we going to get a lot of complaints along the way?” he said. “Absolutely.” READ MORE