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 and billionaire Elon Musk discussed their quest to cut government waste, what they perceived as the left’s strategy to fracture their relationship and more in a sit-down interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Tuesday night. Here are five key takeaways from the Trump-Musk interview:

Perhaps the most unexpected thing about Sean Hannity’s hour-long sit down with Donald Trump and Elon Musk — a first — was the initial question that the Fox News host posed to the duo. “So he’s working for free with DOGE.