Donald Trump did not mention what the government efficiency commission entails other than he plans to reduce the size of the federal government.

Donald Trump has described his estranged former “first buddy” Elon Musk as someone with “80 percent super-genius” and “20 percent problems.” The president has rarely discussed the bitter split between himself and the billionaire ex-DOGE boss that began after Musk disagreed with the contents of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.

I’ve been writing about the uptick in CFO turnover. The latest high-profile departure is at multibillionaire Elon Musk’s xAI. Mike Liberatore stepped down abruptly as the finance chief of Musk’s artificial intelligence startup,

Working with Elon on this tech, at this time, was the adventure of a lifetime,” Keele wrote on LinkedIn last month. “Although there’s daylight between our worldviews, his vision, commitment, and smarts blew me away on the daily.

Working with Elon on this tech, at this time, was the adventure of a lifetime,” Keele wrote in an Aug. 5 X post. He said he was leaving to spend more time with his family. His farewell included a Grok-generated video of a man in a suit shoveling coal,