President Donald Trump told his cabinet secretary that if they were not satisfied with Elon Musk, they would be “thrown away”.
During his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, February 26, Trump joked that he praised Musk for abandoning anyone with Musk for his efforts to lead Doge.
Trump said the “very successful” Musk sacrificed many people to lead the agency.
Trump disputed this when press members asked about reports about some members of the Trump cabinet being dissatisfied with Musk’s strength and the Governor’s work.
“Let the cabinet talk for a second,” he opened back.
‘Is anyone unhappy with Elon? If so, we will throw them out from here. Are anyone unhappy? The president asked jokingly.
Cabinet members include Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi and others quickly shook their heads.
The president went on to say that his cabinet had a lot of “respect” to Musk.
He added: “Some people are a little disagreeing, but for the most part, I think everyone is not only happy, but they are all excited.”
Musk added that Trump will put together “literally the best cabinet ever”.
“I don’t give wrong praise. This is an incredible group of people. I don’t think such a talented team has ever been assembled. Literally, it’s the best cabinet in the country ever, and I think the country should appreciate the people in this room.
It was reported on Tuesday that Musk’s tactics have begun to pay tribute to cabinet secretary and MPs, citing many sources who declined to be named.
These frustrations were amplified when Musk sent an email to the entire federal government to answer questions, “What did you do last week?”
Cabinet leaders and Congress did not provide guidance on Musk’s mission – which threatened federal employees to terminate if they did not respond.
Even a senior White House official who refused to use his name revealed to CNN: “Many agencies didn’t get people’s attention, which caused some headaches.”
In Tuesday’s briefing, Levitt insisted that “no one was caught off guard.”
“Anonymous source said it was or did the cabinet secretary say it?” She then said, posed a challenge to CNN’s Jeff Zeleny.
Zeleny replied that the cabinet secretary and others said they were not aware of the musk email being sent and asked if there would be any “donations and taking” at the cabinet meeting.
“Is Elon Musk or the president open up any conversation about who is actually responsible for these workers’ chains of command?” Zeleny asked.
Levitt said she rejected the premise of the question.
The cabinet secretary didn’t say that. I know, anonymous sources, probably professional bureaucrats, have leaked it to many of you,” she claimed.
“But, as I said at the beginning of this press conference, everyone is working, and the president respects the decision of the cabinet secretary and tells their staff not to reply to that email because they are doing so for the benefit of national security, and obviously they don’t want to risk the confidential information,” Leavitt added. “This is very common sense.”
