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Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, Elon Musk has been busy with his own new job, taking a step back from his role as CEO of Tesla (TSLA) . As the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),

He will be looking at education pretty quickly and he will be looking at military too," Trump said of Musk during a press conference Friday.

Musk, one of Trump's most influential backers, has been tasked with leading DOGE. As such, he has been granted "special government employee" status, a designation that experts say could come pose ethical and legal dilemmas because of the government contracts his companies like Tesla and SpaceX enjoy.

DOGE officials have been active at USAID, Veterans Affairs, Treasury and elsewhere, but little is publicly known about their work.