In one excerpt, The Times reports that a Trump official sounded the alarm on Musk’s power and authority. The Trump official, spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity, described Musk “as operating with a level of autonomy that almost no one can control,” according to The Times.

One of President Donald Trump's core campaign promises was to cut government spending and dismantle the federal bureaucracy — and two weeks into his presidency, he's attempted to consolidate an extraordinary amount of power in order to do just that.