Musk dominates Trump’s first Cabinet meeting

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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President Trump held the first Cabinet meeting of his second term and gave the spotlight to Elon Musk. Then, POTUS is ramping up his trade war and the markets are spooked. And, a conversation with the three brothers behind the viral The MeidasTouch Podcast topping the charts. Bill Cohan, Basil Smikle, Philip Bump, Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, and Jordy Meiselas join The 11th Hour this Wednesday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, President Trump held his first cabinet meeting and gave Elon Musk the floor,
0:05.8	while others just sat by, watched, and applauded what that meeting says about the state of the Trump administration.
0:12.6	Then Trump ramps up his trade war and the markets don't like it.
0:16.1	Plus, we'll talk to the three brothers whose anti-Trump podcast is surging to the top of the charts as the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.
0:30.3	Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rulsey. I am stretching because it has been a long week and it's only Wednesday.
0:37.2	But it is time for the midweek
0:38.3	nightcap, which means it is day 38, no, not 338, just 38 of the second Trump administration.
0:45.6	And President Donald J. Trump held his first full cabinet meeting this afternoon, but it was Elon
0:50.7	Musk who dominated the gathering, as NBC News points out, a table full of big personalities largely sat and watched as the main character of the early Trump administration took center stage once more.
1:02.5	Our own Garrett Haik has those details.
1:05.5	Tonight, President Trump converting his first cabinet meeting into a role in press conference.
1:10.5	The legal voter crossings have plummeted.
1:12.7	Counting progress.
1:13.8	We're cutting down the size of government.
1:15.8	We have to.
1:16.4	We're bloated.
1:17.7	We're sloppy.
1:19.5	We have a lot of people that aren't doing their job.
1:22.0	And immediately turning the spotlight, not on a cabinet member, but on Elon Musk,
1:26.1	head of his Department of Government Efficiency,
1:28.6	to defend his controversial directive that all federal workers email a list of five accomplishments
1:33.6	from last week or face termination.
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