Not according to the constitution. But in terms of the access he had been given, the amount of time he was spending at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate planning for his return to the Oval Office, and Inauguration Day itself when Musk and other tech leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg, received better seats than most cabinet members.
Trump’s critics alleged Musk was more powerful than the president, attacking government departments with a metaphorical chain saw, and the individual pulling the strings.
Musk alongside Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk before the inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington in January (Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/ AP)
Officially, the 53-year-old’s departure after 128 days as a special government employee, is taking place on good terms.
In his post, Musk cited regulations that limit special employees to 130 days of service, a period that comes to an end this month.
The truth is, it was clear that Musk’s chaotic slashing of government spending and his return to overseeing his business — several of which are struggling after a public backlash — was long on the cards. Some found it astonishing that the 78-year-old Trump would be willing to share a spotlight with someone so similarly addicted to media attention.
The bill has also been described as containing some of the most regressive tax changes in recent history, with measures to help the already wealthy, but doing little to benefit working-class Americans.
Musk jumps on stage as he joins Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania In October (Photo: Jim Wawtson / AFP)
And he came nowhere near his frequently touted target of $1 trillion (£0.7trn) in savings.
Some economists say the budget risks harming not just the US economy, but the global financial system, if the deficit grows and confidence in America continues to erode.
It was reported Trump and Musk did not have a conversation before his departure.
There are now questions over whether Musk could turn his ire on other policies of the administration, and even become an opponent.
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It was clear that Musk was not only unpopular with the American public, where polls showed people did not like an elected figure having such power over their lives, but with some in Trump’s cabinet, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and trade adviser Peter Navarro, whom Musk called “dumber than a sack of bricks”.
It seems Musk may have been caught up in the moment of Trump’s dramatic fightback after his near-assassination’s on stage at a rally last summer, and decided to back him.
From Trump’s point of view, it seems much clearer what has taken place.
Yet once Trump gets bored with them, or — making use of a rare talent for identifying what helps or hurts him — decides they are no longer a benefit, he just as quickly drops them.
That is what seems to have happened with Trump and Musk. Many are surprised their political love affair lasted so long.
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