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12:30 Report — Musk, Trump Cabinet meet amid power struggle
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In this edition:
- Musk attends Trump’s first Cabinet meeting
- Musk, Cabinet in a power struggle
- Republicans balk at Trump’s Russia support
- Elon received more than $38 billion in government funds
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One big happy family:
President Trump convened his Cabinet for its first official meeting of his second term.
The tea: Tech billionaire and top Trump ally Elon Musk got the invite despite not being a Senate-confirmed part of his team.
Musk got the invite but not a seat at the table: Musk was 📸 seated behind Cabinet officials. But Trump first turned to Musk, who was sporting a black MAGA hat, to let him speak and answer journalists’ questions. 📸 Musk addressing the Cabinet
🫖 Musk’s inclusion made for an interesting dynamic: There’s already some tension between Musk and Cabinet officials, who are in a turf war over who has authority. Musk set of a chain of confusion over the weekend by calling on all federal employees to email a bullet-point list of accomplishments to justify their employment. Several agencies jumped in, telling workers to ignore the email. But then Musk doubled down on his threat of termination for any worker who doesn’t respond.
➤ HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MEETING:
Musk admitted he made some mistakes: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola prevention,” Musk said. 📹 Watch the clip
Musk explained his request for 5 bullet points from federal employees: “I think that it was misinterpreted as a performance review but it was a pulse check review. Do you have a pulse? Do you have a pulse? So if you have a pulse you can reply to an email,” Musk said. 📹 Watch........
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