President Trump may be only the second most controversial person in his own administration.

Three weeks into Trump’s second term, Elon Musk has taken center stage — as big of a villain for liberals and Trump critics as he is a hero for MAGA conservatives.

The divide was evident at Wednesday’s first hearing of the House Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee on Capitol Hill. The panel’s name is an obvious nod to Musk’s quasi-official Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Republicans, like subcommittee Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), praised Musk’s efforts to scrutinize how Americans’ “hard-earned tax dollars are spent” and promised to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with him.

Democrats, like Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), pledged to “rein in this rogue actor known as Elon Musk.” Others went even further — notably Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), who warned that he was going to show a “d--- pic” before unveiling a photo of Musk himself.

Even so, the goings-on in the committee room paled beside Musk’s appearance in the Oval Office the previous day — a moment that provided a neat encapsulation of the positive and negatives the businessman brings to his patron, the president.

On one hand, Musk's appearance, standing to the right of a seated Trump, wearing a MAGA hat and accompanied by his young son, made compelling television.

Musk’s lengthy remarks insisting he had found........

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