Elon Musk receives round of applause from Trump Cabinet in apparent farewell as DOGE chief

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : "You've done a fantastic job," Trump said, commending Musk for eliminating $150 billion in spending from the federal government.
60% : WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's Cabinet secretaries gave Elon Musk a round of applause as the billionaire Tesla CEO attended what might have been his final Cabinet meeting before he takes a backseat from the Department of Government Efficiency that he launched.
58% : "You know, you're invited to stay as long as you want, and some point he wants to get back home to his cars," Trump said, prompting the applause from top officials in his administration.
45% : "He really has sacrificed a lot, been treated very unfairly," Trump said after Musk addressed Trump's full Cabinet at a meeting marking the president's first 100 days in office.
34% : While Musk has cited his need to return to Tesla, his step back from DOGE comes as he's increasingly becoming a political liability for Trump, multiple polls have suggested.
33% : Trump credited Musk ‒ whose group DOGE has steered efforts to cut federal workers and eliminate programs ‒ for "opening up a lot of eyes" on what can be done in government.
23% : "$160 billion," Musk said, correcting Trump, although both figures are vastly short of the $1 trillion ‒

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