Elon Musk’s political adventure at the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ends earlier than expected. Between unwarmed and controversial promises, the mandate of the businessman had made the fatty choices of the press, and the misfortune of civil servants.
Announced as the spearhead of an administrative revolution, the DOGE will ultimately have only been a mirage: Musk promised historic budget cuts of $ 2,000 billion, but will only have managed to touch 150 billion, a drop of water against the American federal budget. The flagship initiatives, such as the massive sending of weekly emails to civil servants to demand results, proved to be ineffective and quickly abandoned. The Office of Personal Management has quickly defused any sanction. Lots of noise for nothing in the end.
You have to save the Tesla soldier
If Musk leaves politics, it is not by weariness: it is the industrial emergency that calls it. Tesla has been going through her most serious crisis for years. Global sales of electric vehicles have plunged by 13 % in the first quarter of 2025, With 336,681 cars delivered, well below analysts’ expectations. In Europe, the situation is even more alarming: sales have dropped almost 50 % over the first two months of the year, and 59.5 % in Germany in January. The reasons are multiple: fierce competition, transition of models, but also image crisis linked to the political engagement of the billionaire, which sparked calls for boycott and acts of vandalism against the brand.
This crisis is also reflected on the stock market: the Tesla action has lost almost 44 % of its value since the start of the year, and investors are concerned about the loss of speed of the brand and the impact of Musk’s positions. Questioned by the Washington PostDan Ives, Wedbush Securities analyst, evokes a point of no return for Tesla and exhort Musk to leave politics to refocus on her business.
And after?
The departure of Elon Musk from Doge now seems to be acted. According to several sources, the White House and Donald Trump themselves anticipate this outing, which should take place at the end of its special employee contract, late May-beginning of June. As for the future of the Doge, it remains very uncertain: without leadership or tangible results, it could disappear long before its official deadline.
For Tesla, the challenge is immense: it is now a question of regaining the confidence of customers and investors, relaunching sales and restoring the image of a pioneer brand, today weakened by the wanderings of its manager. The (short) political parenthesis of Elon Musk closes on a double failure: an ineffective doge and a tesla in the middle of a storm. The billionaire must now refocus urgently on his industrial empire to hope to avoid sinking.
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