For Tesla, the quarterly financial consequences of Musk’s decision to wield the hatchet for Trump’s attack on federal jobs, public programs and civil society couldn’t be clearer. In the longer run, Tesla faces big-world challenges,

Tesla boss Elon Musk has pledged to "significantly" cut back his role in the US government after the electric car firm reported a huge drop in profit and sales for the start of this year. Musk has led the newly created advisory body - the Department for Government Efficiency (Doge) - since last year,

President Donald Trump said he would like to keep Elon Musk “for a long time” after the billionaire announced he would devote fewer hours to the Department of Government Efficiency and focus his attention on Tesla.

DOGE leader Musk, the billionaire adviser to the president, has had several reported tense confrontations with Trump officials.

According to Axios, the heated argument between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent happened after Musk made an end-run around the Treasury boss to have Trump install a former IRS agent who leaked details about former president Joe Biden ’s son’s taxes atop the tax collecting agency as a temporary commissioner until Trump’s pick to lead it is confirmed by the Senate.