President Donald Trump held the first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday and in the room, and at times taking center stage, was Elon Musk. For little more than an hour, Trump sought to tout his administration's work so far and fielded questions on everything from the status of Musk's efforts to force federal firings to negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Elon Musk has told federal workers that they must justify their work or resign, according to reports. How to resist the crisis happening in our democracy is discussed by Joy Reid during the final edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

Elon Musk grabbed center stage at the first Cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump’s second term — despite not heading an actual Cabinet department — saying “America will go bankrupt” without his budget-slashing efforts.