WEST PALM BEACH, FL— Tech billionaire Elon Musk is spending more time at Mar-a-Lago following last week's big win, traveling more often with President-elect Donald Trump, and the Trump family's “uncle” gained a position.
“Elon has earned uncle status,” said Kai Trump, the president-elect's granddaughter. Posted on X over the weekendaccompanied by a photo of the pair with Musk's young son on the golf course.
Musk publicly endorsed Trump over the summer. That's when Mr. Trump, the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president, survived his first assassination attempt this election cycle and began campaigning, especially in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state. Last week, Trump secured electoral votes from battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Georgia, propelling him to victory.
In the end, Trump won 312 electoral votes and won all seven battleground states at the time of vote counting.
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SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at the America PAC Town Hall on October 26, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Musk has been staying at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and mansion in Palm Beach since last week for the election, where he was seen dining with Donald Trump and Melania Trump. They were spotted together and have earned the title of “first friend'' due to their close relationship. The former president and the next president.
Musk traveled with Trump from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, where the president-elect met with House Republicans before meeting with President Biden at the White House.
“I look forward to a smooth transition of power, and we will do everything we can to make sure you get what you need,” Biden said when reporters were briefly allowed into the Oval Office during his meeting with President Trump. I will do my best.''
“Politics is a tough world, and often it's not a very good world, but today it's a good world,” President Trump said.
“We're very grateful for a very smooth transition. It's going to be as smooth as possible and we're very grateful for that,” he continued.
The meeting between Trump and Biden lasted about two hours and was also attended by White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles.
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Musk participated in a separate closed-door meeting with House Republicans, and Trump praised him in a roughly 40-minute speech, people familiar with the matter told Fox News. He noted that Musk has been doing well since joining Trump's orbit at Mar-a-Lago, and was even reported to have joked, “You can't get rid of him.”
(LR) Jason Miller, Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, Boris Esfetein, Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino arrive with US President-elect Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on November 13, 2024. . (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
On Tuesday night, President Trump announced that Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new task force called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which will “dismantle government bureaucracy and He announced that he would work to “reduce excessive regulations and cut wasteful spending.”, and reorganize federal agencies,” President Trump said in a statement regarding the announcement.
SpaceX's CEO made reducing government bloat and red tape a hallmark of the Trump-Vance campaign, and spoke to Trump supporters in Pennsylvania about government overregulation. He said he had personally worked on “a number of strange stories” related to. How SpaceX had to study the probability of a Starship rocket hitting a whale or shark.
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“SpaceX had to do this study to see if Starship would hit sharks. And I…it's a big ocean. There's a lot of sharks. It's not impossible, but… , that's highly unlikely. So we said, “Okay, let's analyze it. Can you give me the shark data? ” Musk said at a rally in Pennsylvania last month. He said the National Marine Fisheries Service had ordered SpaceX to conduct the investigation.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses the House Republican Conference at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024. Elon Musk (left) and House Speaker Mike Johnson's wife Kelly Lally (right) ) gives applause. . (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“They were like, 'No, we can't provide shark data.' Well, then we're in a bit of a bind. How do we solve this possible shark problem? You could give it to the Western Division, but we don't trust them.'' “I thought, 'Am I doing a comedy skit here?'” Musk continued.
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“Ultimately, we were able to get the data and run the analysis and say, 'Yes, the shark will be fine.' But they didn't hold the launch until they did this crazy shark analysis. They didn’t allow us to proceed,” he added anecdotally.
Tesla CEO Elon jumps on stage with former U.S. president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the scene of the first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, October 5, 2024.・Mr. Mask. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
After President Trump announced that Musk and Ramaswamy would lead the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk said DOGE would publicize the actions it took and listen to the public on how best to reduce government spending. Ta.
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“To ensure maximum transparency, all actions of the Ministry of Government Efficiency will be published online. Whenever you think about it, let us know! We'll also have a leaderboard of your stupidest spending. It's going to be very tragic and very funny at the same time.” Musk posted on X late Tuesday.
FOX News' Kelly Fares contributed to this report.
