Trump hosts first Cabinet meeting of second term with ‘adviser’ Elon Musk

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As President Donald Trump convenes his first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the intrigue will be on Elon Musk, who wields far more power than his mere White House adviser title denotes.

While the billionaire businessman isn’t a Cabinet member, Trump has publicly embraced Musk and his brainchild, the Department of Government Efficiency, even as the administration works to put daylight between him and Trump in court filings.

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