The administrative instability sparked by Elon Musk's time in the White House continues to loom over Donald Trump's second term, following fresh revelations about the controversial Department of Government Efficiency and a costly judicial rebuke.
Journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, whose new book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump chronicles the period, have suggested that the administration has 'never quite recovered' from the destabilisation caused by Musk during his stint as the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).