Amid widespread backlash against his businesses, Elon Musk this week teased a late spring exit from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Musk is currently classified as what's known as a special government employee (SGE), which is "an officer or employee...who is appointed to perform temporary duties, with or without compensation, for a period not to exceed 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days."
In an interview with Fox News, interviewer Bret Baier asked Musk if he would "continue past" the 130 days. "I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that timefrx,” Musk responded.
Musk's DOGE activity has had a particularly adverse effect on Tesla. A report from YouGov found that Americans are now 12.8% more likely to have a negative than a positive opinion of Tesla, with this rising to 35% among those who describe themselves as liberals.

在旗下企業(yè)遭遇廣泛抵制之際,埃隆·馬斯克本周暗示將于晚春時期辭去政府效率部(DOGE)職務。
馬斯克目前被歸類為"特殊政府雇員",根據(jù)規(guī)定,這類人員"被委派承擔臨時職責,無論是否領取薪酬,在連續(xù)365天內(nèi)的任職期限不得超過130天"。
在接受福克斯新聞采訪時,主持人Bret Baier直接詢問馬斯克是否會"超期留任",馬斯克回應稱:"我認為在該時限內(nèi),我們基本能完成削減萬億美元赤字所需的大部分工作。"
馬斯克在DOGE的活動對特斯拉產(chǎn)生了特別不利的影響。YouGov的一份報告發(fā)現(xiàn),現(xiàn)在美國人對特斯拉持負面看法的可能性比持正面看法高出12.8%,在自稱為自由派的人群中,這一比例上升到35%。