"You know, we got a partial response. We are going to send another email," Musk said while attending President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting.

Elon Musk's close ties to President Trump is alienating some motorists. Wall Street analysts say that could hurt Tesla.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, at a press conference Thursday, condemned the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its House counterpart committee as "not serious." "Any effort... led by Elon Musk in terms of the Trump Administration and Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House of Representatives,

Disclosure rules mean that Tesla could have to designate the U.S. government as a related party.

Twenty-one federal tech employees resigned instead of helping DOGE, saying they will not use their skills to "dismantle critical public services."