Elon Musk gets applause at Trump's first Cabinet meeting

Donning his trademark “dark MAGA” baseball hat and “tech support” T-shirt under a black blazer, Elon Musk joined all of the confirmed or nominated members of Trump’s Cabinet on Wednesday. “Is anyone unhappy with Elon? If you are, we’ll throw him out of here,” Trump said. One member could be heard shouting “grateful,” and the Cabinet applauded Musk, who is hellbent on taking a chainsaw to the bureaucracy they oversee. READ MORE: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/musk-cabinet-trump-applause-00206245 It was a media moment that appeared engineered to emphasize support of Musk’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government among that government’s full leadership, while also underscoring Musk’s deference to the commander-in-chief — two of the most powerful storylines in the first month of Trump’s second term.