Fresh off of his recent departure from the White House, Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave CBS News an exclusive interview over the weekend.

He sported the same blackened right eye he had in the White House when President Donald Trump thanked him for his work with the Department of Government Efficiency on his way out the door.

Musk is returning to work full time at Tesla, leaving the side quest he has been on since January as the head of DOGE.

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While Trump was effusive in his praise of his efforts, Musk's time in Washington was, at times, incredibly rocky.

While DOGE wasn't able to deliver on the cuts he initially promised, the work of non-government governmental agencies to root out fraud, waste, and abuse will continue as long

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