Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post

The employee objected to a post on X by Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and a top adviser to President Trump, that referred to Nazi leaders.

Four weeks ago he posted his concerns that Tesla remained silent after CEO Elon Musk used Nazi mass murderers as a prop in a joke to make light of his critics. Jared Ottmann accidentally cut short his nearly seven-year career at Tesla by exercising his free speech on social media.

As the world’s richest person, Elon Musk isn’t short of opportunity. From TikTok to Nissan, his name comes up time and again during potential deals across Asia, no matter how outlandish.

This is not a technology problem, this is a process problem,” said Scott Cory, a former chief information officer in one of the Department of Health and Human Services sub-agencies.

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U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his full backing of billionaire Elon Musk's government cost-cutting effort know as the Department of Goverment Efficiency or DOGE, while judges continue to question Musk's role and that of DOGE.