MAGA influencer Steve Bannon heaped praise on reports that Elon Musk was reduced to a public dressing down by President Donald Trump, who cut the tech billionaire’s power to fire federal workers in his capacity as chair of the Department of Government Efficiency.

Elon Musk salutes the crowd during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 4, 2025. | Pete Kiehart for POLITICO President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You’re in charge of your departments,

The Democratic rebuttal to President Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday focused on kitchen-table issues while taking aim at Elon Musk.