Tech billionaire Elon Musk contributed enormous amounts of money to getting Donald Trump elected, and is now heading up his "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) task force to recommend spending cuts. He has become so prominent that Democrats have begun calling him "President Musk."
But at least one longtime close ally of Trump is enraged about the influence Musk has.
"Is DOGE real? Or is it a vanity project? Can we have this conversation without people crying?" Laura Loomer posted to X.