Elon Musk will remain a friend and advisor to Donald Trump even after he leaves DOGE

The DOGE Department was created on January 20, 2025, as a temporary organization created in the United States to optimize the work of the federal government and reduce government spending. Its name is a reference to the popular Internet meme and cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which is actively supported by billionaire Elon Musk. Information about the appointment of Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk and millionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, who was running for president in the Republican primaries, to the department appeared back in November 2024. Details about what Musk should do in the new US government efficiency department and what functions the institution, designed to cut government spending by $2 trillion, will have, can be found at the link.

According to CNN tracker, at least 113,000 federal employees have been laid off from the department so far.

In mid-March, federal judge William Alsup of San Francisco ruled that the firing of federal probationary employees was based on «lies» and that the government had illegally carried out the evictions, calling the initiative a «fiction.» The judge ordered the immediate reinstatement of the employees — more than 20,000 people.