Odaily Planet Daily News According to The Hill, Musk, as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is a special government employee, which means he can only work in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for 130 days. US President Trump said that he expects Musk to eventually return to run his own company after completing his work on federal government reform, but he will try to retain Musk. "I think he is very good, but he also has a big company to manage. At some point, he will go back. He wants to go back. I will try to keep him. He is a very talented person." Musk told Fox News on March 27 that he believed he could achieve the goal of cutting $1 trillion in government spending "within the prescribed time frame," that is, before leaving office at the end of May.