happened with Doge. He's gone back and forth on Doge so many times whether Elon Musk is in charge or whether he's not in charge.

And yesterday that changed again, I think, in one of the most significant ways.

Yeah, and back and forth on tariffs, which will get to amid growing backlash over the sweeping federal cuts by Elon Musk's doge team,

President Trump appears to be somewhat limiting the billionaire's power within the federal government.

Yesterday, the president told his cabinet secretaries they're in charge of their own departments, not Musk.

Trump said Musk's role is to make recommendations on staffing and policy.

Following that meeting, the president posted on truth social that he's instructed his

cabinet secretaries to work with Musk on cost-cutting measures.

He later elaborated on that statement while speaking to reporters at the White House.

I want the cabinet members to keep the good people and the people that aren't doing a good job

that are unreliable, don't show up to work, et cetera. Those people can be cut. Elon and the group are

going to be watching them. And if they can cut, it's better. And if they don't cut,

then Elon will do the cutting. Chris Matthews, I've always told people, if you understand what

Donald Trump is trying to do in the White House, read the first three pages of the art of the

deal, where he says, I show up at work, I pick up the phone, I make calls, kind of figure out if things are going, and I sort of feel my way through it.

Well, you get that sense with Elon Musk. One day, he says Elon's in charge.

The next day his cabinet members call up and they're upset, so he goes, Elon's not in charge.

He says it's said the Union Elon's in charge. Now he says Elon's not in charge.

It's the cabinet members that are not in charge. It bounces back and forth, but there are, of course,

real consequences to that, especially for those people that are taking these cases to the courts.

But for now, it does seem he's gotten enough pushback from cabinet members who are now saying,

including people like Cash Patel, who he's very close to, are saying, this is my agency.

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