Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of Donald Trump’s first week in the White House. I’m Sherryn Groch and I’ll be bringing you everything you need to know as the US president barrels on with his sweeping agenda.
He’s made it to his third day in office – hump day US time – after spending much of the first two firing people. But tensions are already emerging in Trump’s new cabinet of loyalists and billionaires.
Elon Musk, one of the president’s closest advisers, has made an unusual break with the White House by questioning Trump’s first major tech announcement – the $800 billion joint-venture “Stargate” between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to build vast power-intensive computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence, some of which is already underway.
On his social media platform X, Musk claimed the venture didn’t have the money required. “SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department has vowed to prosecute state officials who refuse to enforce the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan, according to a leaked department memo. It comes as the Pentagon sends 1500 more troops to the US border with Mexico, and Homeland Security prepares for targeted raids into cities with large numbers of undocumented immigrants.
Plus Trump’s first sit-down interview since taking office is coming up around 1pm Australian time on Fox News. So strap in! It’s another busy day in Washington.
Elon Musk and Donald TrumpCredit: nnaNPearson
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