Trump has tapped Musk to run a non-official government department that will seek to slash public spending. Reports have surfaced about Trump allies being unhappy with Musk’s presence at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago base, attendance of transition meetings and what appears to be his growing influence on the returning POTUS.

Musk's involvement in space policy raises potential conflicts of interest, and that's not the only change on the horizon.

How much influence will Elon Musk have in the coming administration? How much influence will Twitter, the service Musk owns and renamed X, have? This is a case where predictions don't do us a lot of good.