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White House Defends Musk’s Attendance at Cabinet Meeting

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained to reporters why Donald Trump’s “first buddy” will attend the meeting.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is set to attend President Donald Trump’s first White House Cabinet meeting Wednesday morning, CNN reported. Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Musk’s attendance at the meeting despite the fact he is not an official member of the Cabinet but just a “special government employee.” “Well, Elon is working with the Cabinet secretaries and their staff every single day to identify waste and fraud and abuse at these respective agencies.” Musk was effectively demoted last week from heading up the Department of Government Efficiency to simply being a senior adviser to Trump. “All of the Cabinet secretaries take the advice and direction of DOGE,” Leavitt said, emphasizing that the secretaries “work alongside” DOGE before offering some insider insight into what’s in store in the Cabinet meeting. “Cabinet members will be providing updates on their efforts,” she said. “And providing updates on what they’re doing at their agencies in terms of policy and implementing the promises that the president made on the campaign trail.”