Musk said on X he hoped the DOGE mission would only “strengthen over time” and become a “way of life in the government” as he announced his stepping back from the cost-cutting agency created under the Trump administration.

Musk, who oversaw the U.S. DOGE Service, wrote on X that his scheduled time as a special government employee had come to an end.

President Donald Trump said Friday that Elon Musk is "really not leaving" the Department of Government Efficiency, and that "he's going to be back and forth."