Elon Musk and his allies have spent the last two weeks barreling full speed into multiple government agencies, causing confusion and chaos and raising questions about whether an unelected businessman can wield this kind of authority,

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — On Thursday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray gave a speech on the Senate floor and criticized Elon Musk being given access to the U.S. Treasury payment system, saying in part, "The richest man in the world is taking over the Treasury in the name of fighting corruption? The irony is almost as rich as Musk himself."

Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The candor on the tarmac Sunday night at Joint Base Andrews, under the wing of the presidential aircraft, came without any flinch of self doubt.