Trump’s first full cabinet meeting celebrates government-shrinking effort led by Musk
Tech billionaire, who is not a member of the cabinet and described himself as ‘humble tech support’, warns without evidence that US could ‘go bankrupt’
Donald Trump used his first full cabinet meeting of his second term to emphasize his administration’s focus on drastically reducing the size of the federal government, with tech billionaire Elon Musk warning without evidence that “America will go bankrupt” without significant spending cuts.
The meeting, which featured very minimal input from cabinet secretaries, instead highlighted the government-shrinking effort being led by Musk, who is not a member of the cabinet and described himself as “humble tech support” for the administration.
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