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.

Trump withdrew the candidacy of Jared Isaacman, an associate of tech billionaire Elon Musk, to be the next head of the US space agency, NASA. View on euronews

President Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk will remain a close advisor despite stepping down after four months leading the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE)

Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

“He’s gonna do to Elon Musk, my prediction, what Mohammed bin Salman did to the other members of the royal family,” he said, referring to the Saudi crown prince’s moves to quickly consolidate power after being named next in line to the throne ― including arrests and detentions of rivals, even family members.

Elon Musk's break with the Trump administration means investors ... shares slumped this year in part due to the backlash to his support of President Donald Trump and right-wing parties in Europe. The billionaire also spearheaded Trump's Department of ...

Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said missing out on Isaacman was "bad news for the agency."

Trump shared a Truth Social post claiming that the former president had been replaced with "robotic engineered soulless mindless entities."