'Garbage': Karoline Leavitt lashes out at report about Elon Musk leaving the White House

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed a report that said President Donald Trump told his cabinet that billionaire Elon Musk would soon be stepping back from his role as DOGE administrator.

Politico's Rachel Bade first reported that Trump "told his inner circle & members of his Cabinet that [Musk] will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role."

While Trump was said to be "pleased" with Musk, both men reportedly came to the decision that the billionaire should take a smaller role in government operations.

"The news represents a shift in the Trump-Musk relationship from a month ago, when White House officials & allies were predicting Musk was 'here to stay' and that Trump would find a way to blow past the 130-day time limit," Bade wrote. "Musk's defenders believe that the time is right for a transition, given their view that there's only so much more he can cut from government agencies without shaving too close to the bone."

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"But many others say, he's an unpredictable, unmanageable force who has had issues communicating his plans with Cabinet secretaries and through the White House chain of command led by Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, frequently sending them into a frenzy with unexpected and off-message comments on X, his social-media platform — including sharing unvetted and uncoordinated plans to gut federal agencies," she added.

Leavitt fired back at the report in a post on Musk's X social media platform.

"This 'scoop' is garbage," she snapped. "Elon Musk and President Trump have both *publicly* stated that Elon will depart from public service as a special government employee when his incredible work at DOGE is complete."