Elon Musk arrived in the nation’s capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with lots of money, long hours or a well-calibrated algorithm.

Elon Musk may have been one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, but they didn’t always see eye to eye. The recently departed DOGE chief revealed in an interview with CBS News’ Sunday Morning that he wasn’t always on board with the Trump administration’s agenda.

President Donald Trump will hold a news conference at the White House alongside Elon Musk to mark the world’s richest man’s departure from his official role leading the administration’s effort to slash the size and scope of the federal government.

WAHSINGTON ― Elon Musk arrived at the White House with a bang. He was the chainsaw-wielding government slasher and President Donald Trump's chief sidekick who promised to gut the federal bureaucracy.

U.S. President Donald Trump praised Elon Musk on Thursday and said he will hold a press conference with the billionaire, whose tenure in the administration is ending, on Friday at 1:30 p.m. EST (1730 GMT) in the Oval Office.

The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.

Elon Musk is officially making his exit from the federal government, and it appears he is taking one of President Donald Trump’s top aides with him. Katie Miller, a top adviser and spokesperson for the Department of Government Efficiency at the White House is headed out to work for the tech billionaire,

Musk has returned to Tesla and his other businesses full-time after working with the White House on federal spending cuts.