It wasn’t the budget cuts, the border talk, or the bureaucracy battles that got everyone talking at President Trump’s latest Cabinet meeting—it was Elon Musk’s hats.
Yes, plural.
The tech mogul-turned-government efficiency czar showed up at the White House sporting not one, but two caps: a red “Gulf of America” hat stacked over a black one bearing the DOGE logo—the Department of Government Efficiency, his pet project. President Trump couldn’t resist the moment, pointing and joking, “Only Elon could do that.”
But the double-cap moment wasn’t just a quirky fashion statement—it was Musk’s symbolic swan song.
After months of slashing red tape, ruffling feathers, and claiming $160 billion in federal savings, Musk is stepping back. His official title (Special Government Employee) ends in May, and insiders say he’s already winding down his direct involvement.
Still, he’s leaving a mark. DOGE, the lean-and-mean government cost-cutter Musk helped build, was supposed to carve out $1 trillion in savings. Supporters call it visionary. Critics? Not so much—they argue that layoffs and project freezes could backfire.
And the man who once said he’d “sleep on the factory floor” is now mostly Zooming into meetings, no longer prowling the West Wing halls. That may have a lot to do with Susie Wiles, Trump’s no-nonsense Chief of Staff, who reportedly wanted to tame Musk’s maverick influence.
Love him or loathe him, Musk brought Silicon Valley flair to the White House. And whether DOGE survives or fades into acronym oblivion, one thing’s clear: nobody’s forgetting the guy who wore two hats to a Cabinet meeting—literally and
figuratively.
