After spending 130 days working to dismantle entire federal government agencies, firing tens of thousands of civil servants and sparking dozens of lawsuits over potential misuse of Americans’ personal data, the world’s wealthiest man was rewarded with a gold-plated skeleton key to the White House.
Seated behind the Resolute Desk, President Donald Trump praised Elon Musk from the Oval Office for his four months of work leading the Department of Government Efficiency, a role from which Musk is required to depart due to his now-former status as a “special government employee,” which had let him work for free without complying with any financial disclosure rules — but only for 130 days per year.
