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Elon Musk stepping down from DOGE in May (www.usatoday.com)

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"Musk’s team said it saved the country $115 billion by slashing wasteful and redundant spending. Not everyone agrees, but he feels he has the country on track and he can step aside."

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (14 children)

This has got to be because he was going to get fired from Tesla if he didn't, right?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago

It is because they classified Musk as a Special Government Employee, which can only be employed for 130 days out of the year. The article references the 130 days, but doesn't say anything more about it.

https://www.doi.gov/ethics/special-government-employees

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