{"id":103463,"date":"2025-05-01T14:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=103463"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:34:56","slug":"trump-thanks-musk-as-tesla-ceo-prepares-to-scale-back-govt-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/103463\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump thanks Musk as Tesla CEO prepares to scale back govt role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan(National Times)- President Donald Trump has publicly thanked Elon Musk for his contributions to the administration\u2019s cost-reduction agenda, as the billionaire entrepreneur prepares to reduce his involvement in Washington and shift focus back to Tesla,\u00a0<em>AFP\u00a0<\/em>reported.\u00a0 The remarks came during a White House cabinet meeting on Wednesday, which may be Musk\u2019s last in his unofficial role as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). \u201cYou\u2019re invited to stay as long as you want,\u201d Trump told Musk during the meeting, but acknowledged that the Tesla CEO may be eager to return to running his company full-time.\u00a0 \u201cYou really have sacrificed a lot. They treated you very unfairly,\u201d he added, referring to public backlash against Musk\u2019s political role. Musk has served as a close adviser to Trump on budget and public sector reform initiatives. However, his involvement has coincided with a wave of negative publicity for Tesla, including vandalism at its showrooms and consumer boycotts in both the United States and Europe.\u00a0 Critics have linked these incidents to unpopular public service cuts Musk supported as part of his work with DOGE. Musk himself acknowledged the criticism, joking: \u201cThey did like to burn my cars, which is not great.\u201d David Sacks, a Musk ally and fellow administration adviser, said last week that Musk is not leaving entirely but will transition to a reduced role. \u201cOnce he feels he has the right people in place and a clear model, he moves into a maintenance mode,\u201d Sacks said, comparing it to Musk\u2019s previous approach during his 2022 takeover of Twitter. While Musk\u2019s exit from day-to-day government involvement may ease tensions for Tesla, it also raises questions about the future of Trump\u2019s cost-cutting programme, which has relied heavily on Musk\u2019s influence and visibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- President Donald Trump has publicly thanked Elon Musk for his contributions to the administration\u2019s cost-reduction agenda, as the billionaire entrepreneur prepares to reduce his involvement in Washington and shift focus back to Tesla,\u00a0AFP\u00a0reported.\u00a0 The remarks came during a White House cabinet meeting on Wednesday, which may be Musk\u2019s last in his unofficial role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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