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View All Images- Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer, Tesla, SpaceX and X (previously known as Twitter) and Administrator, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musks demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaires brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio; US President Donald J Trump; and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musks demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaires brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer, Tesla, SpaceX and X (previously known as Twitter) and Administrator, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Education-designate Linda E. McMahon during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, top right, prays with US President Donald Trump, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio; US President Donald J Trump; and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musks demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaires brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio; US President Donald J Trump; and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musks demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaires brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Russell Vought, Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer, Tesla, SpaceX and X (previously known as Twitter) and Administrator, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Lee Zeldin, Director, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Education-designate Linda E. McMahon during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer, Tesla, SpaceX and X (previously known as Twitter) and Administrator, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer, Tesla, SpaceX and X (previously known as Twitter) and Administrator, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, top right, prays with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US President Donald Trump, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio; and US President Donald J Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musks demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaires brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Lee Zeldin, Director, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: Kevin A. Hassett, Director, National Economic Council (NEC); Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and US Homeland Security Advisor; Dan Scavino, White House Deputy Chief of Staff; and United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven Witkoff; during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), from left, Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, and US President Donald Trump, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, US Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US President Donald J Trump, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; US President Donald J Trump; US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; and US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of Education Linda E. McMahon; United States Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio; United States President Donald J Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump speaks, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is pictured at right. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Lee Zeldin, Director, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), from left, Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US President Donald J Trump, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, United States Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, and United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. \ Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: Russell Vought, Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB); US Secretary of Education-designate Linda E. McMahon; US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr; US Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; US President Donald J Trump; US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick; and US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, from left, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, pray during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- US Vice President JD Vance during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, from left, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, pray during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), from left, Linda McMahon, former administrator of the US Small Business Administration and US education secretary nominee for US President Donald Trump, Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary, from left, Eric Scott Turner, US secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Doug Collins, US secretary of veterans affairs, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- US Vice President JD Vance, from left, Pam Bondi, US attorney general, and Chris Wright, US energy secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- US Vice President JD Vance, from left, Pam Bondi, US attorney general, Chris Wright, US energy secretary, Janette Nesheiwat, US surgeon general nominee for US President Donald Trump, and Lee Zeldin, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, from left, Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, US President Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Members of the White House Press Pool ask questions to US President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations-designate Elise Stefanik during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Chris Wright, US energy secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, and Sean Duffy, US secretary of transportation, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, from left, US Vice President JD Vance, Pam Bondi, US attorney general, Chris Wright, US energy secretary, Janette Nesheiwat, US surgeon general nominee for US President Donald Trump, and Lee Zeldin, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), from left, Linda McMahon, former administrator of the US Small Business Administration and US education secretary nominee for US President Donald Trump, Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: Peter Navarro, Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing; Kevin A. Hassett, Director, National Economic Council (NEC); Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and US Homeland Security Advisor; Dan Scavino, White House Deputy Chief of Staff; and United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steven Witkoff; during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), from left, Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, US President Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Linda McMahon, former administrator of the US Small Business Administration and US education secretary nominee for US President Donald Trump, from left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, US President Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- From left to right: Russell Vought, Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB); US Secretary of Education-designate Linda E. McMahon; US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr; US Secretary of the Interior and Chair, National Energy Council and White House Energy Czar Doug Burgum; US President Donald J Trump; US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick; and US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Pam Bondi, US attorney general, from left, Chris Wright, US energy secretary, Janette Nesheiwat, US surgeon general nominee for US President Donald Trump, and Lee Zeldin, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, from left, US Vice President JD Vance, Pam Bondi, US attorney general, and Chris Wright, US energy secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, from left, Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, and US President Donald Trump, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- US Vice President JD Vance, from left, Pam Bondi, US attorney general, and Chris Wright, US energy secretary, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), from left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- Janette Nesheiwat, US surgeon general nominee for US President Donald Trump, left, and Lee Zeldin, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia
- United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Elon Musk's demand that more than two million federal employees defend their work is facing pushback from other powerful figures in the Trump administration, in a sign that the billionaire's brash approach to overhauling the government is creating division. Credit: Al Drago / Pool via CNP/AdMedia `