By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-19 01:22:05 | Updated at 2024-11-19 03:21:33
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Elon Musk blasts 'mole' in dinner blow-up over Cabinet at Mar-a-Lago as Trump's golden boy is targeted
daily mail ^ | 11/18/2024 | ROB CRILLY, CHIEF U.S. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Posted on 11/18/2024 5:17:20 PM PST by RummyChick
For a while, Donald Trump's transition kept up a record-setting pace with top Cabinet picks being named against a backdrop of calm consensus.
But the knives are now out, with advisers leaking against each other to the press amid the scramble to parachute allies into plum jobs.
'Winning helped make everything better for a bit but this is still politics and there are always scores to settle and axes to grind,' said a source familiar with the workings of Trump's inner circle.
In the most widely publicized example, Axios was tipped that Tesla founder Elon Musk and Trump legal adviser Boris Epshteyn had a 'major blowup' during dinner at Mar-a-Lago last week.
The report claimed Musk bristled at Epshteyn's influence on Cabinet picks and accused him of leaking details to the media, charges he vociferously denied.
At the same time, Musk's new role as 'first buddy' to Trump, has irked others in the circle who hope that he soon falls out of favor with a boss who likes there to be only one center of attention.
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It's DC. Let the in fighting and leaks begin.
1 posted on 11/18/2024 5:17:20 PM PST by RummyChick
To: RummyChick
Elon is a perfect cudgel for Trump, despite some inevitable bumps in the coming road.
2 posted on 11/18/2024 5:20:37 PM PST by toddausauras (Trump won!)
To: RummyChick
I absolutely DON"T trust Boris Epshteyn. In fact, I don't trust any of President Trump's legal advisors. Why do you think they call it The Deep State?
3 posted on 11/18/2024 5:21:01 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
4 posted on 11/18/2024 5:22:00 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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