If anyone was still in doubt where the power lies in President Donald Trump’s new administration, Wednesday’s first Cabinet meeting made clear it wasn’t in the actual Cabinet.

The billionaire adviser to the president spoke at the beginning of the meeting with the heads of agencies such as the state department and Pentagon.

Amid questions about whether Musk is empowered to fire those who do not comply with his email directive, Trump said he supports Musk’s mass firings and claimed that the Cabinet does too. “If they aren’t,