Elon Musk has said he will rehire an employee of his newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) who resigned after being linked to a racist social media account.

“He will be brought back,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns. “To err is human, to forgive divine.”

Media reports tied Marko Elez, 25, who previously worked for Musk’s SpaceX company, to a now-deleted social media account that posted the incendiary comments.

Vice-President JD Vance had said earlier in the day that the young employee should be given a second chance.