“We demand an immediate public statement from your administration, in which we clearly find that Musk will give up his position and waive all decision -making rights, in accordance with the legal requirements, until May 30” – they wrote in a democratic letter Congressmen. They also emphasized that the businessman would not be able to return to the civil service in the same status for a year” without giving up his companies, including Tesla and Spacex. “Musk heads the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), created by Trump on the day of inauguration.
The structure is to operate for 18 months, until July 4, 2026. According to the documents, its task is to modernize federal information systems and optimize digital services to improve the productivity and performance of the state government. The Muska Department dismissed hundreds of federal employees within two months, liquidated several agencies and began to interfere in the work of key management bodies.
A member of the Chamber of Representatives Greg Kasar, who led the Democrats' initiative, told Axios that This is just the first step. “We make it clear that from now to 30 May public pressure on Republicans will only grow,” he added. Kasar pointed out that democrats have both legal and “political” tools to achieve their goal.
At the beginning of April, Politico sources said that Musk became a “political burden” for Trump and that he intends to postpone the founder of Tesla from his duties in the White House. According to them, the president decided that it was time for the billionaire to return to business and adopt an auxiliary role as an unofficial adviser.
The press secretary of the White House Caroline Leavitt called the publication “nonsense”, and the billionaire himself – “false”. In turn, Trump said that he would like Musk to stay in the White House “as long as possible”, but it is likely that “he will have to leave” in a few months “because he has” companies to run “.
