White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that President Donald Trump and his Cabinet will fill the leadership void at the Department of Government Efficiency now that Elon Musk’s tenure as a special government employee is ending.

Musk announced Wednesday he is leaving his role as a top adviser to Trump after leading the president’s effort to streamline the federal government by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse.

“The DOGE leaders are each and every member of the president’s Cabinet and the president himself, who is wholeheartedly committed to cutting waste, fraud and abuse from our government,” Leavitt told reporters at a briefing that aired live on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 free online streaming platform.

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