The joint interview comes as Trump and Musk continue to implement sweeping cuts across the government. Thousands of federal workers have already been fired after President Trump signed an executive order last week instructing heads of federal departments and agencies to make "large-scale reductions in force.

President Donald Trump looked like he was hung out to dry by Elon Musk and ally Sean Hannity, with the two men ignoring him and speaking over him in the latest instalment of the Fox News host’s high-profile sit-down with the pair.