Elon Musk’s Oval Office address showed why he’s a menacing foe for the federal government and why President Donald Trump is playing with fire by ceding him so much power.

It's "a picture of presidential subservience the likes of which we have never seen," said MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell.

STORY: President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies on Tuesday to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk's effort to shrink the federal workforce. "You can't have an autonomous federal bureaucracy, you have to have one that is responsive to the people"Trump directed agencies to identify government employees who can be laid off and functions that can be eliminated entirely.

Musk insisted there was no problem with the fact that he was policing himself. And went on to insist DOGE was being transparent in every possible way.

Open AI CEO Sam Altman rejects rival co-founder Elon Musk's $97.4 billion takeover bid. Here's what to know about OpenAI and what is ChatGPT

The world's richest man took questions for the first time since he was appointed to lead a sweeping government cost-cutting effort.

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has reacted to the report of leading a "hostile takeover" of the United States government under President Donald Trump.