In the three weeks since President Trump took office and gave Elon Musk free rein inside the federal government, millions of calls have poured in to members of Congress, jamming the system.

But "Paula" echoed a string of callers who told Amo they are uncomfortable with the free rein President Donald Trump has given unelected, non-Cabinet member "tech billionaire" Elon Musk to root around in government records. "I think there is a lot of distrust ... as to what power he has," she said.

Democrats saw Donald Trump as the most toxic brand in politics, a singular figure who unified their disparate factions and filled their political coffers with campaign contributions. The limits of that strategy became evident in November.

Musk's net worth to drop from about $433B to $401.8B Tesla's stock dropped by as much as 5.2% this week Trump's new tariffs are factors in the drop Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s net worth has declined following the Trump administration’s attempts at imposing new tariffs.