Elon Musk
As a ‘special government employee’ of the Trump administration, Musk has taken a lead on budget-cutting targets. He claims he can achieve $1 trillion cuts this year, however this would mean more staff layoffs, causing disruption to government programs. An estimated 880 staff from the US climate agency have already been laid off, and it is expected many more jobs from departments of transportation, cybersecurity and infrastructure will also be terminated.
Ukraine
Within 10 minutes of Zelensky and Trump meeting, their discussion erupted into shouting and childish blaming. A trade deal of valuable Ukrainian minerals to ensure the future security for Ukraine was left unsigned. Within the short period of time Trump accused Zelensky of “gambling with World War 3” and shockingly refused to name Russia as the aggressor in the war, also referencing Joe Biden as a “stupid president”. It is fair to say the world was shocked at Trump’s inability to hold a professional meeting for such an essential issue.
Andrew Tate
Recently it has been announced that Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been freed from travel restrictions in Romania, and have returned to America. The pair have been in Romania since being accused of rape, human trafficking and money laundering. Questions have been raised about if the White House was involved in their release - not much has been commented on thus far. Although, interestingly one of Tate’s lawyers works as a White House liaison to the US justice department. Some people, including the victims who filed a civil lawsuit, are concerned that the brothers’ release shows little hope of their crimes being justly punished now they are free.