U.S. President Donald Trump told his cabinet members on Thursday that they - not Elon Musk - have the final say on staffing and policy at their agencies, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The meeting represented the outpouring of weeks of building tensions between the head of DOGE and President Donald Trump’s top political officials.

Trump said he wants his Cabinet to “keep good people” as he addressed sweeping government cuts – but he also warned that “we’re going to be watching.”