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President Trump on Thursday denied wanting to harm tech billionaire Elon Musk’s businesses, amid questions over whether he supports federal agencies working with the Tesla CEO’s companies.

Tesla is scheduled to make its first earnings report since Elon Musk stepped down from his White House role on Wednesday.

Katie Miller has revealed she is still on Elon Musk’s payroll after walking out on the White House where her husband still works. The billionaire unfollowed her on his own platform this week, sparking speculation that she had already left Musk’s company after an uproar over where her loyalties truly lay.

As a “special government employee,” Musk is permitted to work only a set number of days per year. Under that classification, he is capped at 130 workdays annually in his White House role.

The White House said that DOGE’s mission is moving forward because of Trump. “Many Presidents have promised, but none other than President Trump has delivered to actually make government more efficient and root out waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington, and that mission is moving full steam ahead,” said White House spokesman Harrison Fields.

A Gulfstream G700 private jet linked to Bezos landed in Dulles, Virginia, outside Washington, on July 14 before taking off the next day.