Elon Musk’s DOGE Drama: Chainsaws, Coups & More Fired Than Emails

KEY POINTS

•Elon Musk began stepping away from his DOGE leadership role in April 2025 and was fully gone by June.
•During his tenure, Musk caused significant internal conflict, including a physical fight with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
•Steve Davis, Musk's longtime engineer, refused to leave after Musk was ousted and attempted a coup.
•By November 2025, the White House confirmed DOGE no longer exists, dissolving eight months before its charter ended.

In a plot twist Washington insiders are calling an epic dumpster fire, Elon Musk abandoned his role as DOGE boss between April and June 2025, leaving behind a broken agency and a "power vacuum" so gaping it sucked in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a physical altercation. Musk, who dreamt of trimming government fat by trillions but instead boosted spending, managed to alienate key pals like Marco Rubio and Sean Duffy—politics-level friend breakage is Musk’s new brand. His right-hand man, Steve Davis, staged a coup from within despite getting kicked out on May 30th, splitting DOGE and firing off dramatic dramas until the White House finally declared, 'that doesn’t exist.' Eight months shy of its charter dying, DOGE vanished faster than Musk’s government job commitment.