“DOGE’s over-promising and underperforming results damaged not only Musk’s reputation but also the standing of the Trump administration as a whole, and beyond that, probably the reputations and chances for success of future governmental reform cost-cutting measures,” presidential historian David Pietrusza told the Washington Examiner.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk said that the Department of Government Efficiency, responsible for upheaval within the federal workforce in Philadelphia and nationwide, is here to stay.