Trump chief of staff gives huge update on Elon Musk at the White House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : 'Starting next month, I will be allocating far more of my time to Tesla,' he said during a Tesla earnings call.
51% : His targets were aggressive and symbolic and included the 10,000-employee US Agency for International Development (USAID) which he gutted and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) which has been slated for closure.
35% : For the first several months of Trump's second term, Elon Musk was everywhere - briefing Trump personally, gutting federal departments, and boldly promising to slash the federal deficit by $1 trillion, a figure he vowed to halve by the end of the fiscal year.
35% : Tesla boycotts and protests grew in the first quarter, while weak deliveries and sales data in the US and abroad led to a dismal earnings report on Tuesday A man sprays paint graffiti against Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on a Tesla showroom in New York earlier this week Critics have portrayed the spending cuts as reckless and dangerous, particularly in emergency and humanitarian assistance abroad, while Trump and Musk say they are needed to fight waste and fraud.
33% : And his people are definitely not.' Trump also accompanied Musk on some of his passion projects including a Space X Starship rocket launch People hold placards during a Tesla Takedown protest against billionaire Elon Musk, outside of a Tesla car showroom in central London earlier this month
30% : The world's richest man is quietly stepping from his official role with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) the controversial cost-slashing task force Trump installed at the heart of his administration.
30% : In response, Trump staged a political spectacle in the White House grounds and purchased a Tesla on camera calling the vandals 'domestic terrorists' and ordering the DOJ to respond with force.
26% : From the moment Trump stunned Washington by appointing Musk as an unpaid special government employee and unofficial 'Efficiency Czar,' the billionaire's presence has sparked admiration and outrage in equal measure.
17% : Under the DOGE initiative, Musk set out to dismantle what he and Trump called the 'Deep State of Waste.' Elon Musk is stepping back from his daily post just steps away from the Oval Office For the first several months of Trump's second term, Elon Musk seemed to be everywhere Trump was The drive has seen the gutting and attempted dismantling of multiple agencies and the firings of over 200,000 federal workers.

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