Those moves have spurred dozens of lawsuits. She pointed to the world’s richest man’s business interests, including his startup Neuralink, which Musk said last month had implanted a chip in a human brain for the first time;

It seems that Elon Musk’s friendship with President Donald Trump and government cost-cutting job has already saved a boatload of money ― for him. Just a month into the second Trump administration, Musk has overseen the slashing of thousands of government jobs through his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

President Donald Trump clearly stated that he put Elon Musk in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, contradicting a claim by his own White House that the billionaire lieutenant is not a part of the federal spending task force.