As Elon Musk nears end of 130-day DOGE stint, he's $113 billion down

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : "He was a tremendous help, both in the campaign and in what he's done with DOGE," Trump said.
70% : The influence was immediately clear from the president's inauguration speech, when Trump echoed Musk's enthusiasm for going to Mars.
58% : His visit in December, before the inauguration, signified the unique pressure Boeing and others have endured with Trump back in power and Musk at his side. X Factor Musk's influence in the White House helped him quickly settle a lawsuit with Trump over X's decision -- then known as Twitter -- to ban the president in 2021 following the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
57% : "This is 100 days of destruction," said Elaine Kamarck, the director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
53% : In terms of Musk's personal wealth, the alliance with Trump has so far cost him $113 billion, with his fortune tumbling 25% since Jan. 17, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
50% : The Department of Defense awarded $5.9 billion to SpaceX to send intelligence satellites into orbit, a higher figure than competitors got.
44% : For Trump, speaking to reporters last week, Musk's role with the administration already sounded past-tense.
37% : Trump then picked Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, nominating a billionaire who has twice paid to fly aboard SpaceX capsules.
18% : Elon Musk is taking a lot of the heat for Trump's decisions, and people have decided to hate Musk more than Trump.
13% : He also called out the negative impact of Trump's tariffs on the Tesla earnings call, and said that despite trying to convince Trump otherwise, the president is "within his rights to do what he wants to do." As Musk announced his soft exit from government, the billionaire left open the door to advising Trump through the end of the administration.

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