It is an open secret around the White House that many in the Trump administration are desperate to see the back of Elon Musk.
While the president himself still holds great affection for the world’s richest man, who bankrolled his election victory in November, many in the cabinet have wearied of the mercurial tech billionaire.
A row last week between Musk and Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, in which the two men went “chest to chest” in an expletive-ridden shouting match outside the Oval Office, is only the latest in a string of confrontations between the Tesla boss and senior Trump officials.
