White House staff “hates” Elon Musk, reporter Tara Palmeri reports.
Writing for her Substack, Palmeri — a former Puck News political reporter — details the growing “revolt” in the West Wing against Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency.
“Administration officials have a myriad of feelings toward Musk: they hate him, they’re afraid of him and they think he’s creepy for doing things like sleeping on a cot in his office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where five guards stand outside of his door,” Palmeri reports.
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Per Palmeri:
“The [staff] hates him,” said the source with knowledge of the matter. “Part of it is policy and part is that he’s not human. He treats [White House chief of staff] Susie like a f——————— secretary. But they’re petrified of him.
Musk also treats members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet “like they’re messenger boys,” a source familiar with the White House told Palmeri.
The secretaries, meanwhile are “like ‘F——— this guy, he’s not communicating what he’s going to cut, he’s just cutting,’” a source told the reporter.
“Whenever they get a call, everything goes to s———,” the source added. “They’re trying to run their agencies, and then they have this guy who thinks he’s trimming the fat, but it isn’t fat.”
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According to the report, Wiles is fielding frantic calls from Cabinet members “furious over cuts and members worried about state programs.”
“It’s no longer simmering resistance, people are f—————— furious,” a source told Palmeri about Musk’s verbal attacks on entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicaid.
“Medicaid is not just for Black people in the ghetto,” a “Republican operative” told the reporter. “These are our voters.”
Palmeri adds Musk “has been disrespectful to” Trump’s chief of staff.
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“He treats [Wiles] like a secretary in front of people,” Palmeri reports, citing an inside source. “The second most powerful person in Washington, the first woman and someone who has done a good job of keeping the trains running on time.”
Wiles, meanwhile, has “complained to Trump” about Musk, including his “direct access to Trump," Palmeri reports.
Trump spokesman Steven “Cheung denied this,” the reporter adds.
“[Musk] demonstrably dismissive of people who have incredibly important jobs because he doesn’t understand the government,” said the source with knowledge of the matter.
Read Palmeri's full report at her Substack, "The Red Letter."
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