Musk-a-Lago: Inside Elon Musk’s role on Trump’s transition team
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the lounge outside Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago office, cabinet hopefuls mingle with advisers and friends of the future president. The occasional resort member strolls through.
It is, as one Republican puts it, the world’s most important job fair. Inside, Trump sits with just a handful of his closest associates—and his newfound buddy-in-chief, Elon Musk. Some of those waiting outside have been summoned by the president-elect.
Others have asked Mar-a-Lago members they know to invite them to the resort, hoping to get a few minutes with him. Nearly as important is getting on Musk’s radar. The two men have been inseparable over the past week at Mar-a-Lago, where the Tesla CEO has become such a fixture that Trump has given him his own “walk-on song" for the DJ to play when he enters the dining room: David Bowie’s “Space Oddity." Musk has become the “most influential" member of the president-elect’s orbit, according to two people close to the transition.
The world’s richest man has been sitting in on meetings and interviews with candidates for cabinet positions, joining Trump’s calls with foreign leaders like Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, and recruiting friends and allies for key positions in the government. A spokeswoman for the Trump transition didn’t return a request for comment. Musk didn’t respond to requests for comment.
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