The buyout offer that went to all federal government employees looked just like the email that Twitter employees received when Elon Musk took it over. How much influence and power does Elon Musk have in Trump’s administration and does he have too much freedom and autonomy to get into the private data of American citizens with his all access pass to the government?

Donald Trump bungled Elon Musk’s name once again on Monday. The president accidentally referred to the tech billionaire as “Leon.” Fox News aired the gaffe. It came as Trump signed an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund and as he fielded a question on why Musk (who is leading the non-official Department of Government Efficiency’s drive to cut public spending) should have access to Treasury Department payment systems.

Elon Musk, who has moved swiftly to shrink the size of the U.S. government at President Donald Trump's behest, is now considered a "special government employee," the White House said on Monday. The designation allows Musk,