
Washington. After the formation of Donald Trump’s government in America, if any other name apart from him echoed the most, it was Tesla CEO Elon Musk. After the formation of the government, it seemed that Donald Trump was now going to do all the work at the behest of Elon Musk. Musk spent about 300 million dollars for Donald Trump in the presidential election. As a reward for this, he got an important post in the government. Musk was made the head of the Department of Government Efficiency. As soon as he took office, Elon Musk created a stir in the government departments of America. There was a large-scale layoff. Many departments were closed. However, now Elon Musk seems to be disillusioned with politics. After coming into politics, his company Tesla and Starlink also started facing bad times. Recently, Elon Musk made it clear that now he wants to focus on business.
Was there a ruckus with the White House Treasury Secretary?
After assuming the post of DOGE head, government officials were not happy with the decisions of Elon Musk. He was also facing opposition from the common people on a large scale. On the other hand, there were many reports that he had an argument with senior officials of the Trump government. According to a report published in ‘The Atlantic’, there was a situation of abuse between White House Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Elon Musk. According to the report, there was a rift between Leger Besant and Elon Musk over the selection of the IRS officer. Abuse started between the two in the West Wing. This debate was taking place very close to the Oval House.
Let us tell you that Tesla also suffered a huge loss after Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on many countries including China. Elon Musk’s wealth had reduced to less than 30 thousand crores in the storm of tariffs. It was also reported that Elon Musk had personally appealed to Donald Trump to step back on the tariff policy. However, his plea was not heeded at that time. His shares were badly hit by Trump’s decision.
Let us tell you that even during the presidential election campaign, Donald Trump had put Elon Musk in the forefront. After becoming the President, he was entrusted with the task of reducing expenses in government departments and ensuring more productivity. Elon Musk took the responsibility of implementing advanced automation and making major changes in the bureaucracy. He started working in the Tesla style, which became the reason for his opposition. Everywhere he started implementing digitization and cutting down employees. Many close associates of Donald Trump became his opponents. In such a situation, Donald Trump came into a dilemma. He could not leave many people because of one.
On the other hand, due to the decisions of Donald Trump, Elon Musk started incurring losses. He was also able to pay less attention to Tesla. On the other hand, protests started outside his Tesla office as well. During February and March, the situation was such that Donald Trump used to post special posts for Elon Musk at least three or four times a week. However, according to the report of Politico, the conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump also stopped. The public was not giving importance to Elon Musk.
Due to Elon Musk’s controversial behavior and increasing competition in the EV world, his company also started incurring losses. Due to the displeasure of the general public, Elon Musk’s lack of attention and not meeting the product target, the shareholders of Tesla and Starlink also got angry. Elon Musk was also being sidelined in the government. In such a situation, Musk had to openly say that now he will work less for Trump and more for Tesla.
Actually, Elon Musk’s ideas and way of working were not suiting politics. Musk said that he would work as the CEO of Tesla for at least the next five years. He said that he has no regrets about joining the government. When Elon Musk left politics and returned to business, the public also welcomed him with open arms. His stocks rose by nearly 50 percent in just a month.
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