Elon Musk will proceed to be a “friend and advisor” to the Trump administration — even after his stint on the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) is up, Vice President JD Vance stated Thursday.
The billionaire, who’s DOGE’s lodestar, is predicted to step again on the finish of subsequent month given his tenure with the admin was solely ever meant to be momentary.
“Of course, he’s going to continue to be an advisor,” Vance instructed Fox Information’ “Fox & Friends” following experiences in lefty media shops that Musk was stepping down.
“Fundamentally, Elon is going to remain a friend and an advisor of both me and the president — and he’s done a lot of good things.”
“Elon came in and we said ‘we need you to make government more efficient, we need you to shrink the incredible fast bureaucracy that thwarts the will of the American people but also costs way too much money’,” the veep continued.
“We said that’s going to take about six months — and that’s what Elon signed up for.”
Per federal rules, Musk might solely stay in his publish for 130 consecutive days as a particular authorities worker.
Nonetheless, Politico and different left-wing pundits on Wednesday heralded his imminent departure as proof of a fractured Trump-Musk alliance.
Blasting the experiences as “fake news,” Vance vowed the work of DOGE would proceed even after Musk left.
“The work of DOGE is not even close to done. The work of Elon is not even close to done,” he stated. “DOGE has got a lot of work to do… that work is going to continue after Elon leaves.”
