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President Donald Trump said he hopes Elon Musk sticks around “as long as possible” following reports suggesting the billionaire advisor was on his way out of the administration.
While speaking with reporters on Air Force One on Thursday, Trump called Musk “fantastic” and a “patriot” and teased that he and DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) found something “horrible” in their continuing effort to audit federal spending and recommend cuts.
Trump said:
Elon is fantastic. He’s patriot, and I think it’s a shame what they are doing it, with his car company. It’s a great car, great product. It tells you what a patriot he is. He is amazing. No, as long as he’d like I like smart people and he is a smart person. I also like him personally. When he endorsed me, that’s when I really got to know him. I knew a little bit before that but not much and then he endorsed me. It was a very strong, embracing endorsement, as we all know. I would say Elon will stay for a certain period of time and then he’s going to want to get back to his businesses full-time. But he’s done a fantastic job. We found hundreds of — think of it — hundreds, millions of dollars of fraud and abuse and waste. They are still going. They are going strong. They found something today that is horrible. It is horrible.
Trump would not reveal what this “horrible” finding was, only saying he’ll reveal it soon. The president would not give a date Musk will be exiting his role with the administration, but he said he expects it to be within a few months.
The president said he wants Musk around “as long as possible” and revealed he’s open to appointing him to a position.
“I would. I think Elon’s great. But he also has a company to run, or a number of companies to run,” he said.
Politico reported this week that the president was telling his inner circle that Musk would be departing the administration soon and DOGE would take a lower profile, though White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have pushed back on this, saying Musk remains a close advisor and his role with DOGE was always temporary.
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