Elon Musk has rubbished claims that his role in the Trump administration is coming to a premature end, after the billionaire’s unpopularity was seized upon by Democrats to clinch a crucial [Wisconsin] state supreme court race.
In a post on X, he decried as “fake news” a report by Politico, which said Trump had told confidants he expected Musk to leave as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) within weeks.
The White House confirmed that Musk would “depart from public service as a special government employee when his incredible work . . . is complete”. Shares in Musk’s Tesla, which had earlier reported a huge drop in deliveries, rose sharply on the news of his potential departure and closed up 5.3 per cent.
Prominent Trump supporters had harsh words for the billionaire.
Voters across the US were “extremely fired up about Musk” and the cuts made by Doge, said Blake Neff, a co-host of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s podcast. “I can see this, I can see this in places that aren’t even political, that people are all riled up about Elon Musk.”
Conservative influencer Kirk, whose group Turning Point Action campaigned for [Circuit Court Judge Brad] Schimel in Wisconsin, said: “The Democrats are now going to permanently enjoy this kind of [high-propensity] coalition that they’ve built. We’re still dependent on Trump’s magic.”
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