President Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting devolved into chaos on Thursday after Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly clashed with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
The New York Times’s stunning report details how Musk accused Rubio of firing “nobody” as a part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) efforts to slash the size of the federal government. The Times reported that Rubio “got his grievances off his chest” and accused Musk of “not being truthful,” pointing to the 1,500 State Department employees who took early retirement in buyouts.
After Rubio laid out his plan for reorganizing the State Department, Musk was apparently “unimpressed.” He told Rubio that he was “good on TV,” suggesting he was not good at much else, according to the report.
Trump then rose to the defense of Rubio—who he once nicknamed “Litte Marco.”
He told Musk that Rubio was doing a “great job,” according to The Times, and that he has a lot on his plate.
