‘He’s Behaving As If He’s a Co-president’: Donald Trump’s Inner Circle Reportedly Annoyed By Elon Musk’s Clingy Relationship with the President-Elect ––Except Melania

One of the more unlikely developments in the latter stages of Donald Trump’s re-election campaign was the emergence of Elon Musk as both a chief adviser and surrogate. Musk’s profile has continued to rise in the week following Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris. You could call it a return on the $118 million he invested to elect the Republican nominee. The president-elect is reportedly “enamored” with the world’s richest man, who he just tapped, along with former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, to lead a “Department of Government Efficiency,” a job that Musk had requested. U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) escorts Elon Musk (2nd-R) as he arrives with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (L) at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Musk has been a regular at Mar-a-Lago since the election. Over the weekend, Trump was seen chauffeuring Musk in his golf cart, touring the grounds and introducing him to club members. On Wednesday, there were rumors the Starlink founder and X CEO would accompany Trump to Washington, D.C., for the traditional post-election meetings with the current president and Congress....