Trump's Team
Sources: Republicans Want Fewer Musk Interviews
Several of Donald Trump's Republican allies are concerned about Elon Musk's statements about the federal pension and benefits system Social Security, and want him to do fewer media interviews. This is reported by four sources with insight to NBC News.
Trump promised after the election not to touch Social Security, but in Musk's interviews the tone has sounded different.
In an interview with media profile Joe Rogan in February, he called Social Security "the biggest Ponzi scam in history", and a few weeks later he called it "the biggest thing we have left to eliminate" in an interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.
Sources: Republicans Want Fewer Musk Interviews
Several of Donald Trump's Republican allies are concerned about Elon Musk's statements about the federal pension and benefits system Social Security, and want him to do fewer media interviews. This is reported by four sources with insight to NBC News.
Trump promised after the election not to touch Social Security, but in Musk's interviews the tone has sounded different.
In an interview with media profile Joe Rogan in February, he called Social Security "the biggest Ponzi scam in history", and a few weeks later he called it "the biggest thing we have left to eliminate" in an interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.
Pentagon Hunts Musk Leak with Lie Detectors
The US Department of Defense has launched an internal investigation using lie detectors to find out who leaked information about Elon Musk's meeting, Bloomberg reports.
Musk visited the agency on Friday. According to the White House, the meeting was about innovation and business, but according to sources to the New York Times, Musk was briefed on the US's action plan in the event of a potential war with China.
President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Musk himself have all strongly denied these reports. Musk has called for the prosecution of anyone who spreads "malicious false information".
There is a scientific consensus that lie detectors do not work, states the American Psychological Association (APA), among others.
Trump's first term
The ambassador: "Am a persona non grata with dignity"
"We regret nothing". This was what South Africa's ambassador Ebrahim Rasool said when he was greeted by cheering supporters back home in Pretoria after being expelled from the US, AFP reports.
- Being declared persona non grata should mean humiliation, but when you return to a crowd like this [...] I will wear it as proof of dignity, says Rasool.
The ambassador was expelled last week. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Rasool of “hating the United States and hating the president.” Donald Trump has claimed that the South African government discriminates against white minorities and recently chose to freeze aid to the country.
South Africa’s citrus farms threatened if tariffs are imposed
The relationship between the United States and South Africa has deteriorated sharply since Donald Trump took office. Now many citrus farmers in South Africa are worried about tariffs, Sky News reports.
– It would be a hard blow, not only for the farmers but for the entire society, says Gerrit van der Merwe, chairman of the Citrus Growers Association.
South Africa is the world’s second largest exporter of lemons and oranges after Spain. Although only nine percent of South African fruit goes to the United States, thousands of jobs could be affected in the country, which suffers from high unemployment.
Donald Trump has accused the South African government of discriminating against white minorities and recently chose to freeze aid to the country.
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