As Indian-origin entrepreneur and Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy pulled out of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), just 69 days after he was announced the co-head of the team along with tech billionaire Elon Musk, a report has revealed that it was the Tesla CEO who wanted Ramaswamy `out` of the team. Politico reported citing three people with Elon Musk`s preference said the billionaire made it known that he wanted Ramaswamy out of DOGE in recent days.

Hours after Trump`s inauguration as the 47th US President, Ramaswamy announced that he would not co-head DOGE. Musk`s ability to ice out Ramaswamy, who for a variety of reasons had irked some Republicans in Trump`s circle, is the latest sign of his influence in the incoming administration. It presages an encore of all of the infighting that marked Trump`s first term.