{"id":2429355,"date":"2025-04-30T16:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-cabinet-cheers-musk-quitting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:25:04","slug":"trumps-cabinet-cheers-musk-quitting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-cabinet-cheers-musk-quitting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Cabinet cheers Musk quitting &#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\">16<\/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%2Ftrumps-cabinet-cheers-musk-quitting-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=2429355&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>During a recent Cabinet meeting, members of President donald Trump\u2019s Cabinet expressed their support for Elon Musk, who is set to leave his role at the department of Government Efficiency. Musk announced he would reduce his involvement with the department to one or two days a week before his official departure next month. Trump praised Musk for his contributions, stating that despite any unfair treatment he has faced, many people respect and appreciate his efforts. MuskS public perception has suffered, with a recent poll showing that only 35% approve of his handling of the government department. The meeting was part of celebrations for Trump&#8217;s first 100 days in office, and Musk humorously acknowledged his various roles by wearing two Trump-branded hats. Despite previous clashes with Cabinet members, his demeanor in the meeting was light-hearted and amicable. Tesla, Musk&#8217;s company, has faced challenges, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including vandalism attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covenant-shooter-cited-transgender-rights-in-shooting-spree-manifesto-contradicting-official-claims\/\" title=\"Covenant Shooter Mentions Transgender ...Rights... in Manifesto, Contradicting Official Statements\">deemed domestic terrorism<\/a><\/a> by the Justice Department.  <\/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\">Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet cheers Musk&rsquo;s imminent departure from government<\/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_2109777\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Members of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s Cabinet applauded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394541\/trump-100-day-report-card-grading-elon-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Elon Musk<\/a> during Wednesday&rsquo;s meeting after the president alluded to his imminent departure from the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s special government contract is set to expire next month, but he announced on a Tesla shareholders call last week that he would scale back his work with DOGE to one or two days a week until he departs. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396483\/watch-live-jeffries-schumer-trump-rebuke-first-100-days\/\">WATCH LIVE: Jeffries and Schumer criticize Trump&#8217;s first 100 days with speech at Capitol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396116\/trump-economy-shrinking-blames-biden\/\">Trump blames Biden for shrinking economy: &#8216;He left us with bad numbers&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396132\/watch-live-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting-at-the-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump holds Cabinet meeting at the White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3393888\/trump-first-100-days-report-card-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP&rsquo;S FIRST 100 DAYS: WHERE THINGS STAND IN THE INITIAL MONTHS OF HIS SECOND TERM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump specifically thanked Musk during Wednesday&rsquo;s more than two-hour Cabinet meeting, which was convened to commemorate Trump&rsquo;s first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have been treated unfairly, but the vast majority of people in this country really respect and appreciate you, and this whole room can say that very strongly,&rdquo; Trump said of the tech titan. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve really been a tremendous help. You opened up a lot of eyes as to what can be done, and we just want to thank you very much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elon Musk cracks a joke while speaking at President Donald Trump&rsquo;s 100 Days Cabinet meeting at the White House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;And you know you&rsquo;re invited to stay as long as you want, but at some point he wants to get back home to his cars,&rdquo; Trump continued, prompting applause from the gathered Cabinet members.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has reportedly clashed with a number of Cabinet members in recent weeks over his chainsaw-like approach to addressing federal waste and bloat.<\/p>\n<p>However, the self-described technologist took a more amiable tact Wednesday when called to speak.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They say I wear a lot of hats,&rdquo; Musk, sporting two Trump-branded hats stacked on top of each other, opened his comments, drawing chuckles from the room. &ldquo;Even my hat has a hat.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s work for the Trump administration has severely damaged his public image.<\/p>\n<p>A recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/tablet\/2025\/04\/25\/april-18-22-2025-washington-post-abc-news-ipsos-national-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em>-ABC News-Ipsos<\/a>&nbsp;poll found that just 35% of people approve of Musk&rsquo;s handling of the Department of Government Efficiency, while 57% disapprove. Musk&rsquo;s approval rating is worse than Trump&rsquo;s (34% compared to Trump&rsquo;s 39%).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tesla, Musk&rsquo;s electric vehicle company, has been the target of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grading-doge-at-trumps-100-day-mark-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Grading DOGE at ...s 100 Day Mark - Washington Examiner\">nationwide vandalism attacks<\/a> on cars and dealerships that the Justice Department has deemed domestic terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394541\/trump-100-day-report-card-grading-elon-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S 100-DAY REPORT CARD: GRADING ELON MUSK&rsquo;S DOGE COST-CUTTING EFFORTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Wednesday&rsquo;s Cabinet meeting in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wn2XtufOAHc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Cabinet Meeting, Apr. 30, 2025\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wn2XtufOAHc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\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_2109777\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2109777\"}});<\/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>Trump&#8217;s Cabinet celebrates Musk&#8217;s upcoming exit from government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2429356,"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\/04\/elon-hats.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4955,4250,7642,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2429355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cabinet","tag-musk","tag-quitting","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/elon-hats.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429355","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429359,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429355\/revisions\/2429359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}