马斯克在社交媒体上公开支持霍华德·卢特尼克竞选美国财政部长，引发部分特朗普顾问担忧其影响力过大。卢特尼克是特朗普过渡团队的联合负责人，马斯克认为他能够带来实际改变，而另一候选人斯科特·贝森特则被视为“维持现状”的选择。马斯克此前曾为特朗普连任投入巨资，并多次出席集会，但此次公开支持卢特尼克引发了部分特朗普团队成员的不满。尽管如此，马斯克与特朗普之间的关系并未受到影响，马斯克依然频繁出入海湖庄园，并与特朗普一同前往纽约观看UFC比赛。马斯克还将通过其创立的政府效率部门（DOGE）与新任财长合作，旨在削减联邦预算。

🤔马斯克在社交媒体上公开支持霍华德·卢特尼克竞选美国财政部长，引发部分特朗普顾问担忧其影响力过大，认为其可能越权干预。

🤝卢特尼克是特朗普过渡团队的联合负责人，马斯克认为他能够带来实际改变，而另一候选人斯科特·贝森特则被视为“维持现状”的选择，在加密货币方面立场存在差异。

💰马斯克此前曾为特朗普连任投入巨资，并多次出席集会，但此次公开支持卢特尼克引发了部分特朗普团队成员的不满，认为其行为可能干扰特朗普的决策。

🤝尽管存在部分不满，但马斯克与特朗普之间的关系并未受到影响，马斯克依然频繁出入海湖庄园，并与特朗普一同前往纽约观看UFC比赛。

💲马斯克还将通过其创立的政府效率部门（DOGE）与新任财长合作，旨在削减联邦预算，目标是削减2万亿美元，但这一目标也引发了质疑。

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