Trump's 100-Day Cabinet Meeting: Musk Says 'Even My Hat Has a Hat' and 'the Greatest Administration Since the Founding' (April 30, 2025)

Elon Musk came to President Donald Trump’s 100th-day Cabinet meeting wearing two hats, and said this could be the best administration in American history. “Well, Mr. President, you know they say I wear a lot of hats,” Musk said in the Cabinet Room on April 30, 2025, according to the transcript published by the American Presidency Project. “As you can see, it’s true. Even my hat has a hat.” [1]

“So, you know, the American people voted for secure borders, safe cities, and sensible spending, and that’s what they’ve gotten,” Musk said. “I think this could be the greatest administration since the founding of the country.” [1]

The video above shows Trump’s Cabinet meeting on April 30, 2025. Quotes are from the American Presidency Project [1][2][3].

”You’ve Been Treated Very Unfairly”

Trump thanked Musk. “Well, we all want to thank you for your help too. You’ve—you really have sacrificed a lot. You’ve been treated very unfairly,” he said [1].

“But the vast majority of people in this country really respect and appreciate you,” Trump said. “And you know, you’re invited to stay as long as you want.” [1]

Trump then cited the savings. “A hundred and fifty billion dollars. Think of this,” he said. “Yes. It’s 160 now,” Musk replied [1].

Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler added: “We just cut $3 billion in contracts because of DOGE’s work.” [1]

“We’re Just Getting Started”

“We’ve just completed what many consider to be the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, and we’re just getting started,” Trump said [1].

“The number of illegal border crossers released into the United States is down 99.999 percent,” he said [1].

On the first-quarter economic numbers, Trump said: “That’s Biden. That’s not Trump, because we came in on January.” He added: “Gross domestic investment was a whopping 22 percent.” [1]

“But after 2 months, we have $8 trillion. There’s never been a number like that,” Trump said of new investment [1].

”$165 Billion in 1,100 Acres”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick described his visit to the world’s biggest chip company in Arizona. “So they’re investing $165 billion in 1,100 acres in Arizona, and they’re building the highest-tech chip manufacturing, semiconductors,” he said [1].

“And this is all driven by your tariff policies. No chance this would be happening without you,” Lutnick told Trump [1].

”A Recruiting Renaissance”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military is back. “And like so many things, Mr. President, you inherited a demoralized military. They couldn’t recruit,” he said [1].

“And what we have seen since your election and the inauguration was—has been nothing short of a recruiting renaissance,” Hegseth said. “The men and women of America want to join the United States military, led by President Donald Trump.” [1]

“The Youngest Member”

“So, at the risk of insulting everybody else at the table, I believe that I am the youngest member sitting at the table,” Vice President JD Vance said, to laughter [1].

“You can do a lot in a hundred days, but you’ve also, unfortunately, revealed that too much of the American media hasn’t learned the lessons of the past 40 years,” Vance said [1].

“President, your first 100 days has far exceeded that of any other Presidency in this country ever. Ever. Never seen anything like it,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said [1].

“Well, I’m not sure if anyone’s heard, but the price of eggs is down,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, to laughter [1].

“We are already making America healthy again,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said [1].

Trump called chief of staff Susie Wiles “the most powerful woman in the world, I’d say.” Wiles said: “The President’s promises made to the American people have been kept time and time and time again.” [1]

“Setting the Table”

“And I view this hundred days as setting the table—for peace deals, trade deals, tax deals—so the next hundred days we’ll be harvesting,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said [1].

“America first does not mean America alone. Under President Trump, it means leadership,” Bessent said [1].

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took on the fuel-economy rules. “We are going to rewrite those standards, bring it down to something that’s far more reasonable,” he said, adding that it would mean “making cars more affordable for families.” [1]

“The veteran is back first at the VA,” Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said [1].

“Mr. President, at the Biden EPA, the Green New Deal was raging,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said [1].

By the Numbers

100 days: of Trump’s second term [1].
$160 billion: in DOGE savings, per Musk [1].
$165 billion: the Arizona chip investment, per Lutnick [1].
99.999 percent: the drop in border crossers released, per Trump [1].
$8 trillion: in new investment, per Trump [1].

What Happened Next

Musk said goodbye a month later. On May 30, 2025, Trump gave Musk a golden key in the Oval Office. “But Elon’s service to America has been without comparison in modern history,” Trump said [2].

“The DOGE influence will only grow stronger,” Musk said. “So it is permeating throughout the government.” [2]

Duffy got his reset. On Dec. 3, 2025, the White House announced that Trump was “resetting the Biden Administration’s costly and unlawful Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.” [3]

“President Trump’s actions will save American families $109 billion in total over the next five years,” the White House said [3].

For Musk’s farewell, see HYGO News’ page on May 30, 2025. For Trump’s 100-day rally in Michigan the night before, see the page on April 29, 2025.