Mars Finance News, on April 1st, according to The Hill, Musk, as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is a special government employee, which means he can only work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for 130 days. President Trump stated that he expects Musk to ultimately return to managing his own companies after completing federal government reforms, but he will try to retain Musk. "I think he is excellent, but he also has a large company to manage. At some point, he will go back. He wants to go back. I will try to keep him. He is a very talented person." Musk previously told Fox News on March 27th that he believes he can complete the goal of cutting $1 trillion in government spending within the "specified timeframe", which is before he steps down at the end of May.