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2025.03.09

07:07

'Fake news': Trump denies report of Musk and Rubio 'feud'

On March 8, local time, US President Trump posted on his social platform "Real Social" to deny reports that US Secretary of State Rubio and Elon Musk had a conflict over massive cuts in government spending. Trump said that Musk and Rubio have a "good relationship" and any reports other than this are fake news.

2025.03.07

04:19

Trump: Spending cuts meetings will be held every two weeks

US President Trump held a meeting with most of the Cabinet and Elon Musk on cost-cutting measures. He said the team will meet every two weeks "until this very necessary work is completed." Trump also said that "as the ministers get to know and understand the staff of each department, they will be very accurate about who will stay and who will go."

2025.03.06

11:56

Musk says massive federal layoffs have nothing to do with 'Government Efficiency'

On March 5, local time, a U.S. congressman said that Elon Musk blamed the federal government's large-scale layoffs on federal department heads during a meeting with House Republicans that evening, and said that the "Government Efficiency Department" had nothing to do with the layoffs of federal employees. Musk said that the recently announced layoffs "were not a decision made by the Government Efficiency Department" and that "all departments" were involved in the federal government's layoffs.

2025.03.04

08:32

US government wants to spend $400 million to buy Tesla pickup trucks, but lawmakers question it

On March 3rd local time, U.S. Democratic Senator Blumenthal asked U.S. Secretary of State Rubio to answer questions about plans to spend $400 million to buy armored versions of Tesla Cybertrucks to transport diplomats. The U.S. State Department said the contract was planned during the Biden administration and the Trump administration canceled it. Blumenthal said that some people have raised questions about whether the Trump administration forged and traced government documents after strong public opposition to make the idea of spending $400 million of taxpayers' money to buy Tesla Cybertruck appear to have originated from the previous administration. The Trump administration not only recognizes that there is a huge conflict of interest in Musk's dual position, but is also taking active steps to cover up the fact that Musk's position benefits his company. According to documents previously released by the U.S. Federal Election Commission, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spent more than $290 million in the 2024 U.S. election.

03:34

Musk to appear before Trump before joint session of Congress on Tuesday

President Donald Trump is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday as his second administration moves to restructure the federal government, implement an "America First" policy and redefine U.S. support for Ukraine. Elon Musk will attend President Trump's speech Tuesday night.

2025.02.28

11:33

Elon Musk: Grok 3 is progressing faster than GPT4.5.

11:32

Elon Musk: Users can try out the Grok voice character and update the app every few days because Grok is being upgraded quickly.

11:25

Elon Musk: Just released a new version of the Grok app.

2025.02.27

01:14

Trump holds first cabinet meeting of second term, Musk attends

On February 26, local time, US President Trump held the first cabinet meeting of his second term. Elon Musk, head of the Government Efficiency Department, who is not a member of the cabinet, also attended the meeting. Musk said that the overall goal of the Government Efficiency Department is to help solve the huge fiscal deficit. Musk said that the United States simply cannot afford a fiscal deficit of 2 trillion US dollars a year. If this situation continues, the United States will face "bankruptcy."

2025.02.26

20:07

According to Fox News, Tesla CEO Elon Musk will attend a cabinet meeting of US President Trump today.

20:06

Tesla CEO Elon Musk to attend US President Trump's cabinet meeting

Tesla CEO Elon Musk will attend a cabinet meeting with US President Trump today.

14:05

According to NBC: Elon Musk will attend the first cabinet meeting since US President Trump took office on the 26th local time to discuss the work of the Government Efficiency Department.

07:46

Musk to attend Trump's first formal cabinet meeting

White House press secretary Carolyn Levitt said Elon Musk is not a member of the cabinet, but he will attend President Trump's first formal cabinet meeting on February 26. Levitt also said that Musk will discuss the work of the Department of Energy and Environment and how all cabinet secretaries can identify waste, fraud and abuse in their agencies.

00:55

New York Governor: Fired federal workers are welcome to apply for state government jobs

On February 25, local time, New York Governor Cathy Hochul said that recently fired federal workers are welcome to apply for state government positions through an online portal. It is reported that the U.S. federal government's layoffs are coordinated by the "Government Efficiency Department" led by Musk, whose stated goal is to cut federal bureaucracy. At present, there is no official statistics on the total number of layoffs. On January 20, the day he was sworn in, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order to form an advisory committee called the "Government Efficiency Department", led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with the aim of cutting government spending.

2025.02.24

19:21

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Starting this week, employees who have not returned to the office will be placed on administrative leave.

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