Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has distanced himself from direct involvement in President-elect Donald Trump’s cupboard alternatives. “To be clear, whereas I’ve supplied my opinion on some cupboard candidates, many alternatives happen with out my data and choices are 100% that of the President,” Musk wrote in a publish on X (previously Twitter) on Wednesday.
Tesla boss was responding to a New York Publish story detailing his relationship with Trump, who lately gained re-election. “I actually get pleasure from spending time with President @realDonaldTrump. My direct expertise is that he’s an excellent man with a superb sense of humour. Have not seen him do one unhealthy factor even as soon as,” Musk stated in the identical publish.
Over the previous week, Musk was noticed at a UFC championship struggle at Madison Sq. Backyard with Trump on Saturday night time and accompanied him to SpaceX’s Starship launch in Boca Chica, Texas, on Tuesday. He was additionally photographed aboard Trump’s personal jet with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Regardless of his proximity to the president-elect, Musk denies wielding any main affect over Trump. Notably, stories point out Musk has participated in Trump’s calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Trump lately introduced that Musk would head the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), a brand new initiative aimed toward streamlining authorities operations. Vivek Ramaswamy will be a part of him on this effort. Nevertheless, since DOGE shouldn’t be an official authorities division, Musk is not going to maintain an official cupboard place.
Nonetheless, Musk has endorsed Florida Senator Rick Scott for Senate majority chief, though Republican senators finally elected South Dakota Senator John Thune to the place after a secret poll.
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Musk additionally publicly supported Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, for Treasury Secretary, arguing that Lutnick “will really enact change,” in contrast to hedge fund CEO Scott Bessent, whom he known as a “business-as-usual alternative.” Whereas Lutnick was not tapped for the Treasury, Trump introduced him as his commerce secretary on Tuesday.
