Despite the exodus, White House officials said the administration remains dedicated to rooting out waste and abuse.

Elon Musk’s departure from DOGE, his now-strained relationship with Trump, slumping Tesla sales and the drop in the company’s share price have not meant that the Tesla Takedown movement is coming to an end anytime soon,

The Department of Government Efficiency, the brainchild of Elon Musk that upended Washington with its rapid-fire drive to slash thousands of federal jobs and cut costs, is effectively leaderless now that the billionaire and his deputy have stepped down,

With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team’s approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it.

The US president says Musk has been "very disrespectful" and he has no interest in mending ties with the tech billionaire.

Trump added that he has "no intention of speaking" to Musk anytime soon, saying "I’m too busy doing other things.”