In the coming weeks, Musk will begin dialing back his role in Washington. Trump has told his inner circle and members of his Cabinet that both men have agreed he’ll be transitioning out of the administration and his polarizing role atop the DOGE initiative and stepping into a more supportive role.

President Trump announces sweeping tariffs and Elon Musk may be wrapping up his DOGE agenda sooner than expected.

President Trump told reporters this week that DOGE chief Elon Musk has done an “amazing” job, but noted that the Tesla CEO has “got a big company to run.”

Fresh off an election in Wisconsin where voters said no to Elon Musk and DOGE, NBC News has learned that President Donald Trump has told members of his Cabinet that Musk will leave in the coming months.

DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies.

Should Elon Musk leave DOGE soon, it would be a stark reversal from March, when Trump was looking to extend Musk’s stay.