Trump communicated to his team that Elon Musk will soon leave his role in the government

The novelty saw the light just the day it was known that Tesla’s sales – the Musk electric car company—They had fallen 13% In the first quarter of the year, just when Trump assumed and the tycoon began to have vital interference in the White House with cuts of thousands of public jobs, Funding of funds to NGOs and closures of humanitarian aid agencies such as USAID.

Some analysts claim that the fall is given by some factors that are greater competition in the market of the electric, but also for a rejection of the conservative policies and total alignment of Musk with Trump.

In recent weeks many Americans They have begun to sell their teslawhich was a preferred car for the liberals or preferred to buy another brand. There were also attacks on concessionaires.

But Musk’s possible output also happens after Another strong blow, This time political, who suffered the tycoon on Tuesday: a conservative judge in Wisconsin, whom Musk had openly supported and contributed millions of dollars, was defeated at the polls by 10 points in an election for the Supreme Court of the State. Democrats had supported a liberal candidate and raised this choice as A referendum against Musk and its cuts policies.

The president is still satisfied with Musk and his initiative of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge), but both have decided in recent days that Soon it will be the time for Musk to return to your business and assume a lower profile rather external support, according to three people close to Trump revealed politicians and other media.

Musk’s imminent withdrawal occurs at a time when some members of the Trump administration and many allies outside the White House They question their unpredictability And they see more and more the billionaire as a political ballast, a sign that has already been seen in Wisconsin’s choice.

It also represents A drastic change in the relationship between Trump and Musk for a month, When the White House officials and its allies said that Musk was “here to stay.”

A senior administration official said that Musk is likely keep an informal role as an advisor and continue to be a figure rather occasional In the White House. Another warned that anyone who thinks that Musk will disappear completely from Trump’s orbit He is “cheating on himself.”

It is likely that the transition, the sources said, correspond to the end of Musk’s time as “special government employee”, a special status that It temporarily exempts it from some rules of ethics and conflict of interest. This 130 -day period is expected to expire at the end of May or early June.

Musk’s defenders within the administration believe that it is the right time for a transition, given their opinion that There is not much more that can cut of government agencies.

But many others say that it is an unpredictable and immanent force that has had problems to communicate its plans with the secretaries of the cabinet and through the White House command chain directed by the Chief of Cabinet Susie Wiles, with unexpected and out of place comments, Your social networks platform.

Trump had already begun to soften the sliding path from more than a week before the elections, even in a March 24 cabinet meeting in which he told the attendees that Musk would make the transition outside the administration, according to one of the sources. A senior administration official confirmed that Trump discussed Musk’s transition at the meeting.

However, he then praised the businessman in public. “Elon, I want to thank you, I know you’ve been through a lot,” Trump said, mentioning The death threats and the wave of Vandalism or aimed at cars built by Tesla before calling it “a patriot “and” a friend of mine “.

On Monday night, Trump told journalists that “at some point Elon will want to return to his company,” he added: “He wants. He would keep him all the time he could.”