What was clear was that some of the nation’s cabinet secretaries had hit their breaking point with Musk’s efforts to steamroll the federal government. And while Trump said he still supported Musk’s mission, he gave his secretaries something they wanted. As Jonathan and Maggie wrote:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly clashed with Elon Musk after the latter accused him of not making enough cuts in the agency he runs. After watching for a while, Trump weighed in

Marco Rubio blew up at Elon Musk at a closed-door Cabinet meeting after the DOGE head accused the secretary of state of failing to slash his staff, according to a report. Musk, the world’s richest man,

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy flatly rejected the idea that Elon Musk’s Starlink is the key to fixing FAA’s struggling air traffic control system. Duffy delivered the slap down of the tech billionaire's satellite internet network while speaking to Fox News on Tuesday about air traffic control shortages and other issues plaguing the agency

Elon Musk reportedly got into a heated argument with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, telling him he’s good for TV and not much more.