Cracks may already be showing in the Trump administration, with newly-sworn-in FBI director Kash Patel sending an email to all his department’s employees instructing them to “pause any responses” they may have been working on following Elon Musk’s request that federal employees provide weekly summaries of their accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.

Kash Patel, sworn in as FBI director, is the first Indian-American in this role. He has instructed his team to ignore Elon Musk’s inquiries, asserting the FBI’s independence in conducting internal rev