President Trump and Elon Musk speak from the White House Oval Office — 5/30/2025

President Donald Trump holds an event on Friday with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the Oval Office.

With his official stint in government coming to an end, Elon Musk thanked Trump on Wednesday for “the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.”

Since joining the second Trump administration at the beginning of the term in January, Musk has led the Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with slashing the size of the federal government.

As a so-called special government employee, Musk can work for the administration for 130 days in a calendar year. The end of May marks 130 days since Trump’s inauguration.

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President Trump and Elon Musk speak from the White House Oval Office — 5/30/2025