Last Tuesday, April 1, various media in the United States reported that the US president Donald Trump and the South African businessman Elon Musk had agreed that the general director of Tesla “He was going to focus on his business again and assume a less active role in the government.”
In accordance with the provisions of dozens of American media, the president republican He had informed his “intimate circle”, allegedly to the members of his second cabinet, that the 53 -year -old investor, born in South Africa, was going to have to leave in the next few days His role as a central partner in the government United States.
Musk’s departure would mark the end of his function as the main promoter of the Government Efficiency Department (Dogefor its acronym in English), because your figure omnipresent In the White House was negatively impacting their companies, which are suffering from political wear and wear.
Given this situation, the press secretary in the president’s official residence, Karoline Leavitthe left in defense of Elon through his social networks and said that “those false firsts were garbage”, since Musk will leave the public service, as a special employee of the government, until he completes his “”incredible work ”with Doge.
“False news about Elon Musk”
“Musk and President Donald Trump have publicly declared that Elon will not leave his position until the government bureaucracy is dismantled, excess regulations are reduced, the unnecessary expenses And federal agencies are restructured, ”Leavitt added through a publication on his official X (formerly Twitter) profile.
In the same message, Karoline denied directly to Rachael Badecolumnist of the magazine Political and television chain correspondent ABC Newswho assured that President Donald Trump had decided that it was time for Musk to return to his business and assume a support role in the US government.
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Bade had indicated that “Elon Musk’s departure comes at a time when Trump administration members have felt frustrated by his unpredictability and come to the billionaire as a great ballast political ”; also, he pointed out that it was likely that the South African maintained an“ informal role as an advisor ”of the Republican.
After Leavitt publicly denied Rachael, Musk shared the publication of the press secretary at the White House and mentioned: “Yes, those are false news,” assuring US citizens that he will continue to be a Occasional face in the country’s policy and that “clearly” will not disappear completely.
On Monday, January 20, during the first day of his second presidential mandate, Donald Trump assured the population of the United States that the government efficiency department would work only during 130 days, So it is expected that Elon Musk’s last work is next Sunday, May 31.
However, the New York president has indicated that, probably, “Musk has come to stay”so I would look for a way to overcome that temporary limit. Despite this, several White House officials still expect South African to work in the United States government at the beginning of June.
Yeah, Fake News https://t.co/NPHTPZJ3FC
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 2, 2025