WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package.

Mr. Musk, who says he will devote more time to his private companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget.

President Trump said that Elon Musk "will, always, be with us, helping all the way." Musk's tenure as a "special government employee" is formally ending.

Elon Musk stepped down Friday from the Department of Government Efficiency, (DOGE), as his time as a special government employee in the Trump White House came to an end.

Musk said this week that he’s leaving his job as a senior adviser, an announcement that came after he revealed his plan to curtail political donations and he criticized the centerpiece of Trump’s legislative agenda.

Musk is leaving his position spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, and he’ll be rededicating himself to running his businesses.

Elon Musk has finished working at the Department of Government Efficiency. Now he faces the threat of a subpoena from Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

President Trump has pulled his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire commercial astronaut with close ties to Elon Musk, as NASA administrator.