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Entrepreneur Elon Musk will continue to work as an unofficial adviser to the administration of US President Donald Trump, Interfax reported, citing ABC News.
Musk will continue to serve as an informal adviser to the president and will be able to attend White House meetings in the future, he said.
As the channel's interlocutors noted, Musk and Trump parted on good terms.
However, senior White House officials said they were disappointed by the entrepreneur's comments about Trump calling his "big, beautiful bill," which came a day before Musk announced he was stepping down as head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that Musk's deputy at DOGE, Steve Davis, is also leaving the administration due to the end of his term as a special government employee. The agency recalls that the duration of a special government employee's service in the government is limited to 130 days.
With Davis gone, the future of efforts to cut U.S. government spending rests with lower-level officials in the White House and federal agencies.
White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said governments will continue to cut spending after Musk leaves.
"We thank him (Musk – IF) for his service. We thank him for helping DOGE get off the ground. And efforts to reduce waste, fraud and abuse will continue," she said.
Earlier, Musk announced that he was leaving his post as head of the government's department of efficiency and cost-cutting.
The businessman announced his decision a day after criticizing Trump's flagship budget bill, saying it undermines the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to cut spending.
In an interview with CBS, Musk said he was disappointed by the bill's "massive spending that increases the U.S. budget deficit and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing."
