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Having struck an uneasy truce with the president, Elon Musk is starting to make political appearances again, and his allies are planning a DOGE reunion party.
Nov. 18, 2025, 3:52 p.m. ET
Less than six months after a blowup with President Trump caused Elon Musk to dramatically leave Washington, allies of the world’s richest person are planning a big party to celebrate what the two men did together.
This weekend in Austin, dozens of people who worked for Mr. Musk under the so-called Department of Government Efficiency will converge for a reunion gathering, according to three people with direct knowledge of the event who, like others in this article, insisted on anonymity to discuss Mr. Musk’s relationship with Mr. Trump.
Mr. Musk himself is expected to attend the event, according to one of the people, though his plans could yet change. The festivities will be at a high-end hotel where Mr. Musk often holes up in a suite.
The two-day reunion, organized by DOGE leaders, will feature two dinners and may include tours of factories for Mr. Musk’s companies SpaceX, Tesla and the Boring Company, according to planning materials.
This week is a return to the political arena for Mr. Musk, who in September dismissed his time as Mr. Trump’s right-hand man in government as “a hell of a side quest.” On Tuesday evening, he is also scheduled to make his first public appearance in Washington since he left the capital in May, appearing at a formal dinner that Mr. Trump is throwing for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, according to a White House official briefed on the plans.
In the period since he left Washington in a rage — casting aspersions on Mr. Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein and floating the creation of a third party — Mr. Musk has largely backed down from his feud with the president. The tech billionaire has retreated from his third-party idea, seen a key ally renominated for a top administration role, and reached something of an unsteady truce with Mr. Trump, people on both sides of the dispute said.
