Maggie Haberman Says ‘A Number of Trump Advisers’ Are ‘Tired of Musk’s Presence’
CNN’s Maggie Haberman said that while Elon Musk is likely to remain in President Donald Trump’s orbit, the Tesla CEO is likely to exit the government soon.
Musk is the de facto head of the “Department of Government Efficiency,” which has gutted various agencies by laying off thousands of workers and freezing spending allocated by Congress. The moves have sparked a series of lawsuits and screaming at Republican lawmakers at town halls across the country.
On Wednesday, it was reported that Musk will soon withdraw from his role in the government to return to running his businesses. He is expected to remain as an informal adviser. The billionaire has reportedly clashed with other Trump administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.
Haberman appeared on Wednesday edition of The Source, where host Kaitlan Collins noted that special government employees like Musk may not work in that capacity for more than 130 days.
“There was a point in time, though, where Elon Musk was telling the president, maybe six months is what he had been looking at,” Collins said. “What do you think has changed here?”
“Well, I don’t think there’s a huge difference between the 130 days and six months,” Haberman responded. “But I think that, look, Trump is certainly aware that this has been a turbulent period. I don’t think that he wants to spend the entirety of the next year and a half leading into what is likely to be a challenging midterm cycle debating questions about Elon Musk’s approach to shrinking the government, which has been commonly described as with a chainsaw as opposed to – in Trump’s word – with a scalpel. And Trump would, I think, like something more precise. But he does see advantages in having musk around. I don’t think that he is eager to shove him out. I do think there are a number of Trump advisers who are tired of Musk’s presence. And I think that is going to continue as long as Musk is there.”
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