Musk and Bessent’s relationship has been tense at best. The Tesla CEO lobbied hard to land Howard Lutnick as the Treasury chief, but Trump chose the mild-mannered Bessent to lead the agency instead. The men have also disagreed recently over who would run the IRS (Bessent ultimately prevailed in that fight).

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David Sacks compared Elon Musk's decision to reduce his time at DOGE to the billionaire's approach to managing Twitter during the acquisition.

Elon Musk said he would cut government spending by $2 trillion. Now, he says it's closer to $150 billion — less than 8 percent of what he promised.