Elon Musk described his strong friendship with President Trump, stating they often agree on key issues. He also rejected accusations of making a Nazi-style salute at Trump’s inauguration, calling it a misrepresentation and slamming media attacks as a “relentless propaganda campaign.

DOGE leading figure Elon Musk discusses his friendship with President Donald Trump on ‘My View with Lara Trump,’ airing Saturday.

Elon Musk gave a wide-ranging interview to reporters as he steps back from DOGE, discussing White House stays and his relationship with Donald Trump.

Elon Musk might soon be leaving Washington, but he says DOGE needs to be a long-term project. Musk insisted in a TV interview that the project to slash government spending and eliminate entire agencies ought to endure amid signs that he may soon step away from the effort and return to his struggling electric car company.

But we've made progress," Musk told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. Newsweek contacted Musk for further comment via email to the Tesla press office on Friday. President Donald Trump 's DOGE has been one of the most radical initiatives to restructure the federal government in decades,