Together with his official stint in authorities coming to an finish, Elon Musk thanked President Donald Trump on Wednesday for “the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.”

Since becoming a member of the second Trump administration at the start of the time period in January, Musk has led the Division of Authorities Effectivity, tasked with slashing the scale of the federal authorities.

As a so-called particular authorities worker, Musk can work for the administration for 130 days in a calendar 12 months. The top of Could marks 130 days since Trump’s inauguration.

“The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,” Musk wrote.

Musk was vital of Trump’s spending invoice that is making its approach by Congress, saying in a CBS interview set to air June 1 that it “undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”

Musk, the world’s richest individual, is CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and synthetic intelligence startup xAI. Musk mentioned this week that he plans to focus extra on his companies.

On a Tesla earnings name in April, Musk mentioned that his time spent operating DOGE would drop considerably by the tip of Could. On the identical name, he mentioned that he would nonetheless spend a “day or two per week” on authorities work till the tip of Trump’s time period.

Musk has additionally mentioned he plans to maintain his small workplace on the White Home.

Throughout his first 100 days working with the Trump administration, Musk mentioned in an interview with Fox Digital Information that he had labored in Washington, D.C. on his DOGE initiative “7 days a week, or close to 7 days a week.”

Authorized dangers at the moment are increase for Musk with myriad circumstances filed within the U.S. alleging that he violated federal legal guidelines whereas main DOGE.

On Wednesday, pension fund leaders despatched a letter to Tesla’s board saying that they need to require Musk to place in 40 hours per week, at a minimal, on the EV maker as a situation to realize any future CEO pay bundle.