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.

President Donald Trump convened his first Cabinet meeting Wednesday with Elon Musk present as he works alongside the Department of Government Efficiency. The meeting got underway shortly after noon as Trump was flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while Elon was in the room but not seated with the members of the Cabinet.

Trump's first Cabinet meeting of his second term focused on fiscal matters including government spending, debt reduction and revenue generation.

President Trump hosted the first Cabinet meeting of his second term Wednesday, gathering top officials in one place and fielding questions for roughly an hour. Trump addressed his administration’s

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,

President Donald Trump ‘s first White House Cabinet meeting on Wednesday saw the president and his agency leaders advance foreign and domestic issues, and it offered tech billionaire Elon Musk an opportunity to address concerns over the Department of Government Efficiency.

The comments, made to Fox News' Lawrence Jones just after the Cabinet meeting ended, were left out of the White House's official live stream of the event

The president's coverage-dictating banter comes amid a chilling set of assaults on press freedom in the White House