U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk clashed on Thursday during a Cabinet meeting, as President Donald Trump watched, over the level of staff cuts that Rubio has carried out,

The New York Times claimed in an article Friday that Musk, while at closed-doors cabinet meeting, accused Rubio of refusing to slash his staff, following weeks of DOGE making a dizzying array of cuts to federal personnel and programs.