The time and focus Musk has dedicated to slashing federal jobs has sent investors and customers bolting from Tesla stock and cars, adding to other business for the divisive CEO.

CEO who also leads several other tech companies and is the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), says he’s having trouble juggling it all.

Elon Musk is running his businesses "with great difficulty" while working with the Trump administration, the Tesla CEO said on Monday in an interview with Fox Business. His remarks followed Tesla losing $130 billion in stock market value in a broad selloff on Wall Street that left the electric car maker's shares at their lowest since October.