By Parrot Newspaper 
Elon Musk Quits Trump Administration Role, Cites Disillusionment with Bureaucracy and Budget Bill
By Parrot Newspaper – AMERICAS Desk
In a surprising break from his alliance with President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk announced Wednesday he is stepping down from his role in the Trump administration, citing deep disagreements over the president’s new spending bill and growing frustration with Washington’s bureaucratic inertia.
Musk, who led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was tasked with trimming federal spending. But in a candid interview, he revealed that the job had become politically toxic and personally draining. “DOGE is just becoming the whipping boy for everything,” Musk told The Washington Post from SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Texas. “Something bad would happen anywhere, and we would get blamed even if we had nothing to do with it.”
The resignation marks a rare public rift between Musk and President Trump. Musk was one of the administration’s most visible private-sector allies and the largest individual donor to Trump’s 2024 re-election campaign, contributing an estimated $250 million. His departure underscores growing tensions within Trump’s second-term team as it grapples with resistance to its aggressive cost-cutting agenda.
From Vision to Frustration
Initially hailed as a visionary choice to lead DOGE, Musk had promised a Silicon Valley-style overhaul of government operations. Under his leadership, tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off and entire departments dissolved. But critics say his outsider approach, marked by a brash management style and political inexperience, clashed with the entrenched systems of Washington.
“The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized,” Musk admitted. “I thought there were problems, but it’s an uphill battle trying to improve things in D.C., to say the least.”
Despite his ambitious start, Musk had already begun to step back from DOGE duties in late April, choosing instead to focus on his own businesses. His companies—particularly Tesla and SpaceX—have faced turbulence amid his political entanglements.
Backlash Hits Home
Tesla dealerships became a flashpoint for protests, with some demonstrators vandalizing showrooms and even torching electric vehicles in opposition to DOGE’s drastic measures. The unrest, combined with declining sales and controversy around Musk’s political spending, dented the company’s bottom line.
“People were burning Teslas,” Musk said. “Why would you do that? That’s really uncool.”
Meanwhile, SpaceX suffered another setback on Tuesday when a prototype of its Starship rocket exploded over the Indian Ocean—another blow to Musk’s long-term goal of colonizing Mars.
A Costly Political Gamble
Musk’s foray into politics came at a steep price. Having poured a quarter of a billion dollars into Trump’s campaign and allied initiatives, he now says he plans to scale back his political involvement.
“I’ll be pulling back,” he told the Post, adding that his focus would return to “engineering and innovation—not Washington drama.”
While the White House has yet to comment officially on Musk’s resignation, insiders suggest the break was inevitable as Musk’s bold approach increasingly clashed with political realities.
Elon Musk Quits Trump Administration Role
For now, Musk says he is turning the page—leaving the marble corridors of Washington behind and returning to the launchpads and assembly lines where he feels most at hom