Elon Musk attended President Trump’s first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Trump’s first Cabinet meeting opened with a special prayer led by HUD Secretary Scott Turner.
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.@SecretaryTurner leads President Trump’s cabinet in prayer as they open their first meeting of Trump 47 pic.twitter.com/I9hNH5EBAW
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
President Trump opened the meeting by highlighting his biggest accomplishments related to border security and fighting to reduce inflation.
“In just over one month, illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers nobody has ever actually seen before… We’ve unleashed American energy… We’re fighting every day to get the prices down,” Trump said.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP: “In just over one month, illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers nobody has ever actually seen before… We’ve unleashed American energy… We’re fighting every day to get the prices down…” pic.twitter.com/cfOLEUQ5uH
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
Trump praised Elon Musk and his DOGE team for reducing government waste and fraud.
“DOGE is very important, and Elon is here to give you a summary of what’s happening… Letters were sent out to people just to find out if the people exist, do they work… the letter asks them simple questions like, ‘What have you done lately?’” Trump said.
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.@POTUS: “DOGE is very important, and Elon is here to give you a summary of what’s happening… Letters were sent out to people just to find out if the people exist, do they work… the letter asks them simple questions like, ‘What have you done lately?’” pic.twitter.com/pdIu3CXDJb
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
Elon Musk weighed in and praised President Trump’s Cabinet.
“President Trump has put together the best Cabinet ever… And I do not give false praise. This is an incredible group of people. I don’t think such a talented team has ever been assembled,” Elon Musk said.
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ELON: “President Trump has put together the best Cabinet ever… And I do not give false praise. This is an incredible group of people. I don’t think such a talented team has ever been assembled.” pic.twitter.com/8Ja16Fv6o6
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
Elon Musk updated the Cabinet on the work DOGE is doing.
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Elon Musk delivers remarks at @POTUS‘ cabinet meeting:
“I actually just call myself humble tech support here because this is actually almost a literal description of the work @DOGE is doing… The overall goal here with the DOGE team is to help address the enormous deficit.” pic.twitter.com/La7kGOJtGV
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said his team is doing a “complete review” of Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal and a plan to have “full accountability.”
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.@SecDef: “We’re doing a complete review of every single aspect of what happened with the botched withdrawal of Afghanistan and plan to have full accountability.”@POTUS: “I don’t see big promotions in that group.” pic.twitter.com/OzMseAZnyt
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
President Trump got testy with a reporter who asked about Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.
“I’ve said it so many times that you shouldn’t even be asking me that question… We’re not going to touch it. Now, we are going to look for fraud,” Trump said.
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REPORTER: “Can you guarantee Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will not be touched?”
POTUS: “I’ve said it so many times that you shouldn’t even be asking me that question… We’re not going to touch it. Now, we are going to look for fraud.” pic.twitter.com/YktUKyt4j5
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
Vice President Vance blasted the fake news reporters for attacking President Trump’s efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
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.@VP: “We’re not going to do the negotiation in public with the American media… Every single time the President engages in diplomacy, you guys pre-emptively accuse him of conceding to Russia. He hasn’t conceded anything to anyone. He’s doing the job of a diplomat.” pic.twitter.com/fZs3owVOq0
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 26, 2025
Watch the full meeting here:
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