South African oligarch Elon Musk is leaving Washington after a short but brutal and toxic stint in government. He will be getting back to his numerous other businesses, each with their own set of issues for the billionaire to address.

On May 30 in the Oval Office, Trump credited Musk with “a colossal change in the old ways of doing business in Washington” and said some of his staff would remain in the administration.

Musk has left a searing mark on the federal government, including thousands of employees who were illegally fired or pushed out. Some government functions were eviscerated, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, which had provided a lifeline for impoverished people around the world.

Boston University researchers estimate that hundreds of thousands of people

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