During a remote appearance at a Morgan Stanley technology conference in San Francisco, Musk said the U.S. government should privatize "as much as possible."

President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You’re in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk. According to two administration officials, Trump told top members of his administration that Musk was empowered to make recommendations to the departments but not to issue unilateral decisions on staffing and policy.