Elon Musk says he will spend more time at Tesla, but the White House expects him to continue “dedicating a lot of his time”’ to supporting the president.

As Elon Musk prepares to “step back” from Donald Trump’s side and return to his day job at Tesla, it may not simply have been the plunging profits at his electric car giant that forced him out of the President’s inner circle.

Ilon Max leaves the Ministry of Efficiency of the state apparatus. But control over officials and their hiring will continue.