Billionaire Elon Musk has been using his social media platform, X, to go to bat for President-elect Donald Trump¡¯s Cabinet picks and promote his own preferred candidates, advocating for choices he views as change agents who will help remake the U.S. government.
In several high-profile cases, however, Musk backed people who either lost out on the roles or withdrew from consideration, suggesting some early limits to the Republican mega donor¡¯s influence even as he has emerged as one of Trump¡¯s most powerful allies.
Musk, who has 206 million followers on X, posted or reposted about Trump¡¯s Cabinet picks more than 70 times between Nov. 7 and Nov. 20.
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