{"id":9978,"date":"2025-05-29T01:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T01:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=9978"},"modified":"2025-05-29T01:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T01:19:08","slug":"elon-musk-announces-departure-from-trump-administration-as-130-day-role-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=9978","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk announces departure from Trump administration as 130-day role ends"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elon Musk is set to depart the Trump administration and leave his role as a “special government employee,” a White House official told ABC News.<\/p>\n

The White House will begin Musk’s off-boarding Wednesday night, the official said.<\/p>\n

Musk posted on X<\/a> Wednesday night thanking President Donald Trump, saying his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team will continue to work throughout the government.<\/p>\n

“As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” Musk posted. He said the DOGE mission “will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 11, 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As a special government employee, Musk was limited to an 130-day appointment — a limit he could hit as early as Friday.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk is set to depart the Trump administration and leave his role as a “special government employee,” a White House official told ABC News. The White House will begin Musk’s off-boarding Wednesday night, the official said. Musk posted on X Wednesday night thanking President Donald Trump, saying his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9980,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9978\/revisions\/9980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}