Donald Trump said Thursday that the driving force behind the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, will likely be leaving the administration in “a few months.”While on board Air Force One Thursday en route to Florida to watch a golf tournament,

President Donald Trump gave billionaire adviser Elon Musk a fresh endorsement on Thursday amid criticism of Musk's government reduction project and said he can stay "as long as he likes" but will eventually return to his businesses.

Elon Musk will "remain a friend and an adviser" of President Donald Trump after the Tesla CEO leaves his current role with the Department of Government Efficiency, Vice President JD Vance has said. Vance said in an interview earlier on Thursday that DOGE had a significant amount of work to do and would continue without Musk at some point.

Elon Musk isn’t leaving politics anytime soon, if his X posts are to be believed. Democrats, meanwhile, rallied behind the news, with DNC chair Ken Martin saying “We should put Elon Musk into every state” and Wisconsin Democratic Party chief Ben Wikler urging Musk to stay in the Trump administration and keep talking.