Slash First, Fix Later: How Elon Musk Cuts Costs
Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
Turns out America elected Elon Musk, too
US voters re-elected Donald Trump. At the moment, it looks like they also elected Elon Musk. He's acting like a shadow president, Peter Kafka writes.
Donald Trump Jokes About Elon Musk: 'I Can't Get Him Out of Here'
Donald Trump joked that he could not get Elon Musk "out of here" during a speech at a black-tie event in Mar-a-Lago.
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, becomes Donald Trump’s ‘first buddy’
Musk has spent days bounding in and out of meetings, sitting in on phone calls, weighing resumes and traveling to Washington as Trump’s unofficial co-president.
Before Elon Musk, Trump tapped another billionaire to cut costs. It didn't end well
After his 2016 election, Trump tapped Wall Street raider Carl Icahn as a "regulatory reform" adviser. He soon quit under a cloud of controversy.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Relationship Could Break Over China
Musk spent millions to help Trump get elected and was one of his most vocal supporters. But he could butt heads with Trump over China.
Elon Musk's Trump bump keeps growing
Elon Musk's businesses are thriving as his relationship to Trump boosts shares. xAI is raising $5 billion and SpaceX is planning a share tender offer.
Elon Musk Is Pissing Off Everyone on Trump’s Team
Elon Musk is starting to seriously annoy some in Donald Trump’s inner circle. Musk has been hanging around Mar-a-Lago ever since his million-dollar gamble to help Trump win the presidential election paid off last week.
Iranian official met with Elon Musk in possible step to ease tensions with Trump
Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a US official, one in a series of steps that appeared aimed at easing tensions with president-elect Donald Trump.
Elon Musk throws his weight behind Howard Lutnick over Scott Bessent for treasury secretary
Elon Musk weighed in on Trump's impending pick for Treasury secretary.Musk wrote on X that Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive ...
Musk says Howard Lutnick would 'enact change' if chosen for US Treasury job
Billionaire Elon Musk, an adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, said on Saturday that Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard ...
Iran ‘categorically denies’ UN envoy met Elon Musk
Iran’s foreign ministry denied that a meeting was held between the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations and Elon Musk, ...
Why Elon Musk’s Plan to Reinvent EV Batteries Was Dissed by a Chinese Battery Leader
Inside Tesla a team has been feverishly working to reinvent the power cells that make EVs work. The founder of the world’s ...
Read the casual emails between Elon Musk and Sam Altman that kicked off OpenAI
Elon Musk unveiled emails between himself and fellow billionaire Sam Altman as evidence in the Tesla CEO's amended lawsuit ...
OpenAI’s tumultuous early years revealed in emails from Musk, Altman, and others
A lawsuit by the world's wealthiest man against one of the fastest growing companies of all time is necessarily interesting ...
Musk's political ascendancy stirs hopes of redemption for X banks
The billionaire's Trump ties have some banks thinking X could benefit, allowing them to shed billions in the social media ...
Elon Musk recently met with Iran's ambassador to U.N.
Elon Musk recently met with Iran's ambassador to the U.N., Amir Saeid Iravani, according to two sources familiar with the ...
Why Elon Musk's push to cut federal waste might succeed where others failed
There's a chance the Department of Government Efficiency's plans could lead to the deepest cuts to the federal government in ...