The chainsaw ethos of President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting department is giving way to a more methodical, and modest, operation as Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the group’s de facto head, steps back from the national spotlight.

Musk, tapped to lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, barreled into Washington in January with few constraints and a mandate to slash $2 trillion in spending. His staffers, a hodgepodge of young programmers and longtime confidants, embarked on a quest to cull tens of thousands of federal jobs and shutter entire agencies.