Trump and Musk’s talk of a cabinet position is all hot air, but we shouldn’t ignore it | Brian Merchant

The two are, after all, cut from remarkably similar cloth - each demands attention the way a flame demands oxygen

What if Elon Musk went to Washington to serve in Donald Trump's White House? There have been worse pitches for a comedy sketch, I suppose. Veep's Armando Iannucci could probably do something with it. Sadly, the notion is all too real. Sort of.

A Reuters reporter recently asked Trump whether he'd consider appointing Musk to his cabinet. He's a very smart guy," Trump responded. I certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He's a brilliant guy." Musk replied with an AI-generated rendering of himself alongside a decade-old crypto meme and tweeted, I am willing to serve." It's not the first time the idea has come up - Trump floated the possibility in May - but it is the first time that Musk has responded in the affirmative, winkingly or otherwise.