Musk's turbulent stint as DOGE Head

As billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk wraps up his time with Donald Trump’s administration, it caps his turbulent four-month run as an unpaid special employee with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). His contentious effort to slash spending and reshape the bureaucracy upended the federal government. The Tesla CEO’s short stint saw layoffs, buyout offers, cut in grants and programmes, and several court challenges. Coinciding with Musk’s departure, a federal court has blocked President Trump’s April 2 plan to impose sweeping import tariffs under emergency powers. These orders had introduced a 10 per cent baseline tariff on most goods entering the US and higher duties. The White House has pushed back, but an unsettling sense of chaos presides over the global trade landscape.