Washington Examiner / Magazine
May 7, 2025 Issue
May 7, 2025 Print Edition
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Elon’s exit: Lessons in government-cutting as Musk prepares to step back
When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet for a meeting on the 100th day of his second term, his message was that he was just getting started. But for one of the high-profile figures in the room, it had the feeling of a swan song.  Elon Musk, point man for the Department of Government Efficiency, isn’t an official member of the Cabinet. Born abroad, he would not be in the line of presidential succession even if he was. DOGE isn't a Cabinet-level department. Trump gave him a moment in the spotlight anyway, as he has done in previous Cabinet meetings. “You have been treated unfairly, but the vast majority of people in this country really respect and appreciate you, and this whole room can say that very strongly,” Trump said of Musk in what sounded...

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