Antonio Gracias, a little-known private equity titan, is helping Musk and DOGE gut the government — while living high off the public hog

Elon Musk might soon be leaving Washington, but he says DOGE needs to be a long-term project. Musk insisted in a TV interview that the project to slash government spending and eliminate entire agencies ought to endure amid signs that he may soon step away from the effort and return to his struggling electric car company.

The effort faces an uncertain future in a largely frozen Congress that has passed few bills since President Donald Trump took office in January.