During an April 22 earnings call for Tesla, Elon Musk announced that he would reduce his hours with DOGE, starting next month, to focus on his role as Tesla's CEO. This announcement came a week after the White House press secretary fired back at claims on X, formerly Twitter, that Musk was leaving his position in the coming weeks.

I'll continue to advocate for lower tariffs rather than higher tariffs, but that's all I can do,” Musk said about Trump’s tariffs.