Elon Musk faces questions about his influence of government after the reverse

At the start of the new Trump administration, Elon Musk’s influence did not seem to have no limits.

He was in the oval office, one of his sons on his shoulders. He met heads of state. He put the United States agency for international development through “Wood Chipper”. He gave an interview with Fox News with President Trump.

Over the past two weeks, however, Trump’s deepest leader has faced setbacks that raise questions about his sustainable power and his relationships in the White House.

Some of my colleagues have reported today that the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service was replaced after the Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, complained that Musk had set up his favorite candidate in the role without the blessing of Bessent.

It was not until Tuesday that Trump had appointed the choice of Musk, Gary Shapley, to temporarily lead the agency. But since then, my colleagues reported, Bessent has obtained the president’s approval to send the packaging of Musk’s choices.

This is the last bump on the road during the three -month -old Musk intensive course in the government. He has repeatedly scored certain members of Trump’s office by not coordinating with them. His overall progress with the government’s Ministry of Efficiency was slower than he imagined. He was practically urged by Trump in public after a plan for him to receive a classified briefing on China was disclosed and then scuttled.

He underwent a high-level political defeat after inserting himself in the race of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin this month. And despite his public opposition at Trump’s prices – and the commercial advisor promoting them – he is not supposed to have played a substantial role in the president’s persuasion to change course.