There are already some signals about which government expenses could be on the chopping block for Elon Musk's DOGE.

Online users shared videos showing Musk twice extending his hand outward from his heart but omitted his words explaining the gesture.

Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of Ohio, his home state.

Ramaswamy’s exit puts Musk’s leadership under scrutiny as DOGE’s directives may shape Congress and Trump’s executive orders.

The billionaire decided he could not campaign while helping lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but tensions with Elon Musk were also evident.

Despite the reports of his gubernatorial ambitions, multiple reports say Mr. Ramaswamy was driven out of DOGE by Mr. Musk. He “just burned through the bridges and he finally burned Elon,” a Republican strategist close to Trump advisers told Politico. “Everyone wants him out of Mar-a-Lago, out of D.C.”

Elon Musk’s new government department has been thrown into turmoil amid reports his partner is considering quitting.

Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is parting ways with President Donald Trump’s government efficiency commission and instead will focus on a possible run for Ohio governor.

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-origin biotech entrepreneur, is no longer part of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), which he was heading with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. A report claims his post on

The former Republican primary foe departs DOGE after his goal of trimming regulations was overtaken by Musk’s priority of cutting expenditures.

The tech billionaire is now the sole steward of President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting project and reportedly seeks an office inside the White House itself.

President Donald Trump's "first buddy," Elon Musk, was seemingly everywhere in D.C. on Inauguration Day. Where (and with whom) was the billionaire?