Thursday, March 6, 2025

Internal polling must be really bad: Trump tries to reign in Elon Musk, or at least appear to be doing so

 Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk: The president convened his secretaries, with Musk, to clarify power

... The president’s message represents the first significant move to narrow Musk’s mandate. According to Trump’s new guidance, DOGE and its staff should play an advisory role — but Cabinet secretaries should make final decisions on personnel, policy and the pacing of implementation. ...