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Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, White House official says

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Trump rejected Ramaphosa's argument that there's no genocide against White Afrikaners, airing a video and showing images in the Oval Office that he said showed how they were beaten and killed.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 130-day mandate as a special government employee in the Trump administration was set to expire around May 30. (BLOOMBERG)
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May 29, 2025 02:47 AM

WASHINGTON — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading a tumultuous efficiency drive during which he upended several federal agencies but failed to deliver the generational savings he had sought.

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