Donald Trump and the White House bid adieu to Elon Musk today.
After spending 130 days working to dismantle entire federal agencies, firing tens of thousands of civil servants and sparking dozens of lawsuits, the world's wealthiest man was rewarded with a gold-plated skeleton key to the White House.
Thus ends one of the weirder chapters in Washington history.
Trump praised Musk during what may be their last awkward joint press conference in the Oval Office. Friday marks the end of Musk's four months of work leading the Department of Government Efficiency, a role from which Musk is required to depart.
"Elon gave an incredible service. There's nobody like him, and he had to go through the slings and the arrows, which is a shame, because he's an incredible patriot," said the president.
"The good news is that 90% of the country knows that, and they appreciate it, and they really appreciate what he did," Trump added.
Musk, meanwhile, claimed that the DOGE team he put in place "will only grow stronger over time" and compared DOGE to "a sort of Buddhism."
"It's like a way of life. So it is permeating throughout the government, and I'm confident that over time, we will see a trillion dollars of savings and reduction in a trillion dollars of waste," he said.
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