{"id":2411820,"date":"2025-03-10T05:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-rift-between-musk-and-rubio-says-karoline-leavitt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:14:10","slug":"no-rift-between-musk-and-rubio-says-karoline-leavitt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-rift-between-musk-and-rubio-says-karoline-leavitt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"No rift between Musk and Rubio says Karoline Leavitt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fno-rift-between-musk-and-rubio-says-karoline-leavitt-washington-examiner%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=2411820&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>Karoline\u200d leavitt,\u200d serving as a spokesperson for the White\u200b House,\u200b has dismissed rumors of a rift between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and entrepreneur Elon Musk. Leavitt \u200dlabeled such \u2062speculation as baseless\u200d and \u2063&#8221;pitiful,&#8221; asserting\u2064 that both Rubio and Musk are aligned with President Trump\u2019s vision and agenda.This statement followed\u200b reports of \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">heated exchange<\/a> during a Cabinet meeting concerning workforce management at \u2062USAID, were Musk allegedly accused Rubio of poor oversight.Leavitt emphasized that the Cabinet \u200bis functioning cohesively and that discussions among members, including Rubio and\u200b Musk, \u2064are constructive. She praised the team\u2019s dedication \u200bto their goals\u200b and\u200b criticized \u200dthe media for attempting to\u2064 sow division. Leavitt characterized the recent meeting \u200bas an open and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-approve-budget-resolution-all-republicans-vote-no\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Approve Budget Resolution, All Republicans Vote No\">productive dialog<\/a>.  <\/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\">No rift between Musk and Rubio says Karoline Leavitt<\/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_2031202\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> denied that there was any rift between Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>. The White House press secretary claimed that stories about the two feuding are baseless and &ldquo;pitiful&rdquo; rumors advanced by the legacy media. She also asserted that members of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet are &ldquo;on board&rdquo; with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s vision and agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everybody is on board with President Trump&rsquo;s mission and DOGE&rsquo;s mission to identify this waste and fraud, to be good stewards of the American taxpayers&rsquo; money, and both Elon and Marco are doing an incredible job in their respective roles, and that&rsquo;s true of everybody in President Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet,&rdquo; Leavitt told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/karoline-leavitt-shuts-down-pitiful-rubio-musk-feud-rumors-fueled-mainstream-media?intcmp=fb_fnc&amp;intcmp=fb_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;Fox &amp; Friends Weekend&rdquo;<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3333452\/trump-transportation-department-to-prioritize-birth-rates-in-doling-out-projects-amid-declining-fertility\/\">Trump Transportation Department to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prioritize birth rates<\/a> in doling out projects amid declining fertility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342013\/hegseth-department-of-defense-climate-change\/\">Hegseth says Department of Defense will no longer do &#8216;climate change crap&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341991\/canada-conservative-leader-paints-mark-carney-trudeau-devotee\/\">Canada&#8217;s Conservative leader paints Mark Carney as a Trudeau devotee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Leavitt&rsquo;s statement comes amid a report in the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-musk-doge-power.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a> <\/em>which claimed that Musk and Rubio butted heads during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday. The disagreement <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/musk-rubio-clashed-front-trump-cabinet-meeting-sources\/story?id=119572925\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> centered on Rubio&rsquo;s management and lack of firings of USAID employees. Rubio supposedly rejected Musk&rsquo;s accusation, mentioning that more than 1,500 employees had opted to take buyouts, which should count toward workforce reduction numbers, according to multiple reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet members reportedly watched the fiery exchange without interfering. Trump eventually intervened and told Rubio that he was doing a fine job, ABC News reported.&nbsp;Leavitt raved about the talents of the Cabinet and further dismissed any concerns over any claims of tension within the ranks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has really put together an extraordinary team, and I think it&rsquo;s pitiful that the mainstream media is working overtime to try to divide President Trump from Elon and from other members of his Cabinet, but their attempts are failing,&rdquo; said Leavitt. &ldquo;Everybody is working as one team towards one goal, and it&rsquo;s to make America great again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3340782\/doge-needs-a-scalpel-not-an-axe\/\"><strong>DOGE NEEDS A SCALPEL, NOT AN AXE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt spoke positively about Thursday&rsquo;s meeting, stressing that it was an &ldquo;open dialogue and discussion&rdquo; among Cabinet members. She also said the conversations were &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-melatonin\/\" title=\"What You Need to Know About Melatonin\">highly productive<\/a>&rdquo; and a healthy exchange of ideas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The meeting was highly productive,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/karoline-leavitt-shuts-down-pitiful-rubio-musk-feud-rumors-fueled-mainstream-media?intcmp=fb_fnc&amp;intcmp=fb_fnc\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Leavitt. &ldquo;It was an open dialogue and discussion, which is exactly what the president&rsquo;s team should be doing, engaging with one another to implement the president&rsquo;s goals.&rdquo;<\/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_2031202\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031202\"}});<\/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>Leavitt: No conflict between Musk and Rubio, media rumors false<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2411821,"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\/Karoline-Leavitt-press-shakeup.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50576,4250,5894,5438,32076],"class_list":["post-2411820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-leavitt-2","tag-musk","tag-politics","tag-rubio","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Karoline-Leavitt-press-shakeup.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411820","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411820"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411824,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411820\/revisions\/2411824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}