Elon Musk might be winding down his involvement in DOGE, but tensions are rising fast at the Securities and Exchange Commission – maybe the most important government agency if you’re a small investor.

Elon Musk promised that the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts will not stop even as his time in the Trump administration is expected to come to a close at the end of this month. Musk and his DOGE team sat down with Fox News’s Jesse Watters at the DOGE headquarters in an interview that aired

Elon Musk on Wednesday sort of confirmed that he’s cutting his ties with both the Department of Government Efficiency and Donald Trump’s Cabinet, ending a chaotic federal side quest that lasted just over three months.

Elon Musk has offered a rare glimpse into his overnight stays at the Trump White House, which involve late-night ice cream binges. As the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk has been a central figure in President Donald Trump's effort to aggressively tighten federal spending and reduce the federal workforce.

The White House said that Musk “hasn’t been here physically” lately, but that he is advising the Department of Government Efficiency over the phone.