Elon Musk is stepping down as the White House’s government cost-cutting czar after admitting it was an “uphill battle” trying to slash federal jobs and programs.

埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）承认这是一场“艰苦的战斗”，试图削减联邦工作和计划​​。

Musk’s status as a Special Government Employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) meant that by law, he could only serve for a maximum of 130 days, which was set to finish on May 30.

马斯克作为领导政府效率部（DOGE）的特殊政府雇员的地位意味着，根据法律，他只能在5月30日完成130天。

Musk confirmed his exit on May 29 with a post on X, thanking President Donald Trump “for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending.” A White House official said his “off-boarding will begin tonight.”

马斯克（Musk）在5月29日在X上发表的职位确认了他的退出，感谢唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统“有机会减少浪费的支出”。一位白宫官员说，他的“今晚将开始登机”。

Musk told The Washington Post for a May 27 report that the “federal bureaucracy situation is much worse” than he expected, and it was “an uphill battle trying to improve things in DC, to say the least.”

马斯克告诉《华盛顿邮报》 5月27日的报告，“联邦官僚机构情况要比他预期的要糟得多”，这是“至少可以说，这是一场艰苦的战斗，试图改善华盛顿特区的事情。”

In separate comments to CBS, Musk criticized the multi-trillion-dollar tax break package that House Republicans approved on May 22, claiming it would increase the budget deficit and undermine the work that DOGE is doing.

马斯克在对CBS的单独评论中批评了众议院共和党于5月22日批准的千万亿美元税收减免套餐，声称这将增加预算赤字并破坏Doge所做的工作。

DOGE, which is named after the cryptocurrency, claims to have saved taxpayers $175 billion since Trump’s Jan. 20 return to the White House, a figure heavily disputed by multiple news outlets, which report the figures are overstated, have multiple errors and are inaccurate.

以加密货币的名字命名的Doge声称自从特朗普1月20日返回白宫以来，已经为纳税人节省了1,750亿美元，这一数字遭到了多个新闻媒体的争议，这些媒体报道了这些数字被夸大了，但有多个错误，并且不准确。

The project’s claimed savings are only 8.5% of Musk’s initial ambition to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, which he later revised down to $150 billion.

该项目声称的节省仅占马斯克最初雄心勃勃的8.5％，从联邦预算中削减了2万亿美元，他后来将其修改为1500亿美元。

According to the report by Reuters, DOGE has cut almost 12%, or 260,000, of the 2.3 million federal workforce through layoffs, buyouts and early retirement offers.

根据路透社的报告，道路通过裁员，收购和提前退休报价削减了230万联邦劳动力中的近12％或260,000。

Despite the criticisms, Musk said on X that DOGE’s mission will “only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”

尽管受到了批评，但马斯克在X上说，Doge的使命“只会随着时间的流逝而加强，因为这成为整个政府的一种生活方式。”

It comes as a federal judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed that accuses Musk and DOGE of illegally exerting power over government operations.

它是一名联邦法官允许诉讼指控马斯克和门槛非法发挥政府行动的权力。

The lawsuit, filed by 14 states, alleged that Musk and DOGE violated the Constitution by illegally accessing government data systems, terminating federal employees and canceling contracts at federal agencies.

该诉讼由14个州提起，声称马斯克和门槛通过非法访问政府数据系统，终止联邦雇员并取消联邦机构的合同来违反宪法。

Musk admits he spent too much time in politics

马斯克承认他在政治上花了太多时间

In an interview with Ars Technica on May 28, Musk, the CEO of EV maker Tesla, admitted that he spent “a bit too much time” in politics, which some critics claim has impacted Tesla’s performance.

EV Maker Tesla的首席执行官Musk在5月28日接受ARS Technica采访时承认，他在政治上花费了“太多时间”，一些批评家声称这影响了特斯拉的表现。

“I think I probably did spend a bit too much time on politics,” Musk said. However, he added that the time he spent on DOGE wasn’t as significant as many believed, and he blamed media coverage for overrepresenting his involvement.

马斯克说：“我认为我可能确实花了太多时间在政治上。”但是，他补充说，他在Doge上度过的时间并不像许多人所相信的那样重要，并且他指责媒体报道过分代表了他的参与。

When Musk announced in Tesla’s first quarter report that his time spent on DOGE would drop significantly in May, Tesla (TSLA) shares rose over 5% in after-hours trading, despite the company reporting an 80% drop in net income.

当马斯克在特斯拉的第一季度报告中宣布，他在五月花费的时间将大幅下降，尽管该公司报告净收入下降了80％，但特斯拉（TSLA）股票在下班后的交易中增长了5％以上。

As of March 31, Tesla still held 11,509 Bitcoin (BTC), currently valued at about $1.24 billion.

截至3月31日，特斯拉仍然持有11,509比特币（BTC），目前价值约12.4亿美元。

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Tesla shares are still down 5.9% year to date, in part due to Musk diverting his attention away from the company and Tesla’s sales falling considerably in the first quarter.

特斯拉股票迄今为止的股票仍在下跌5.9％，部分原因是马斯克将注意力转移到公司中，特斯拉在第一季度的销售量大大下降。

However, the fall is in line with other Big Tech firms, including Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG), which are also in the red in 2025.

但是，跌倒与其他大型科技公司一致，包括Apple（AAPL），NVIDIA（NVDA），Amazon（AMZN）和Google（GOOG），它们在2025年也处于RED。

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