Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he is ending his role in the Trump administration running cost-cutting agency DOGE, just days after he announced plans to refocus more of his attention on the EV maker.

Elon Musk has said he is leaving the Trump administration after helping lead a tumultuous drive to shrink the size of US government that saw thousands of federal jobs axed. In a post on his social media platform X, the world's richest man thanked Trump for the opportunity to help run the Department of Government Efficiency, known as Doge.

Elon Musk has announced that his time as the leader of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reaching its end. “As my scheduled time as a special government employee comes to an end,