{"id":2403732,"date":"2025-02-18T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-claims-musk-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-the-president\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:09:24","slug":"leavitt-claims-musk-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-claims-musk-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt claims Musk serves &#8216;at the pleasure of the president&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleavitt-claims-musk-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-the-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>White house Press Secretary karoline Leavitt\u2064 addressed the role of Elon Musk in the Trump governance,\u2063 clarifying that\u2063 he serves as a volunteer advisor rather\u2062 than\u200d holding formal decision-making power. Leavitt emphasized that \u2064Musk is assisting President Trump with his &#8220;America First&#8221; agenda\u200b adn is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">uniquely qualified\u2063 due<\/a> to his achievements in business and technology. She\u2062 stated that \u200cMusk\u2019s position, created in a new department, involves providing advice but lacks formal\u2064 authority to make government\u200b decisions. This \u200cclarification followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non...U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">court filing<\/a> \u200bamidst legal challenges regarding Musk\u2019s influence on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-sen-harry-reid-glad-he-blew-the-horn-on-ufos\/\" title=\"Former Sen. Harry Reid Glad He &#039;Blew The Horn&#039; on UFOs\">government operations<\/a>, highlighting that any actions he takes would require presidential\u2063 approval.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Karoline Leavitt claims Elon Musk serves &lsquo;at the pleasure of the president&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1993549\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> echoed the sentiment of other Trump administration officials in clarifying <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>&lsquo;s role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk&nbsp;is the volunteer head of DOGE, a brand new position in a brand new department created by President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3322192\/musk-a-trump-adviser-not-doge-employee-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"According\">According<\/a> to the White House Office of Administration, Musk has only been advising the president as he &ldquo;has no actual or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-day-after-resounding-recall-win-newsom-says-leaders-shouldnt-be-timid-on-covid-prevention-measures\/\" title=\"One Day After Resounding Recall Win, Newsom Says Leaders \u2019Shouldn\u2019t Be Timid\u2019 On COVID Prevention Measures\">formal authority<\/a> to make government decisions himself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump has tasked Elon Musk with administering his America First agenda just like the rest of us who serve at the pleasure of the president but most importantly serve the American people,&rdquo; Leavitt said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em> on Monday. &ldquo;And there is no one better than Elon Musk to do that. He is a once-in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-karoline-leavitt-pulls-out-insane-list-of-usaid-expenditures-as-reporter-frets-about-humanitarian-aid\/\" title=\"Watch: Karoline ... Pulls Out \u2018Insane&#039; List of USAID Expenditures as Reporter Frets About &#039;Humanitarian Aid\u2019\">-a-generation business leader<\/a>. He sent rocket ships to space, is far smarter than many of the people who are grunting and moaning on Capitol Hill about these efforts are, and he&rsquo;s the perfect person to help President Trump with this effort. The mainstream media wants to drive a wedge between their relationship, and they are failing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2804696&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=98ac8f15f5353fa162b053a0af3652fb\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leavitt&rsquo;s comments come as the Office of Administration outlined Musk&rsquo;s role in a court filing. This filing was the result of New Mexico&rsquo;s lawsuit against Musk.&nbsp;The state is one of 13 states challenging DOGE&rsquo;s reach into government agencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Musk can only advise the President and communicate the President&rsquo;s directives&rdquo;&nbsp; because he &ldquo;has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself,&rdquo; the filing read.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3310081\/aoc-slams-trump-giving-up-power-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"promised\">promised<\/a> that &ldquo;Elon can&rsquo;t do and won&rsquo;t do anything without our approval.&rdquo; Musk&nbsp;was credited with the decision to shut down the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>&nbsp;headquarters weeks ago, and it will remain so until further notice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1993549\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1993549\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karoline Leavitt states Elon Musk serves at the president&#8217;s pleasure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2403733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/011925_TRUMP-RALLY_DC_INAUGURATION-37.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4856,50576,4250,3669],"class_list":["post-2403732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-claims","tag-leavitt-2","tag-musk","tag-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/011925_TRUMP-RALLY_DC_INAUGURATION-37.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403736,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403732\/revisions\/2403736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}