NYT: Musk Is Pestering Trump For Office In West Wing

The New York Times reports:

Trump is seeking to repurchase the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue and turn it back into a Trump hotel — a safe space for his supporters in a city where he only captured about 7 percent of the vote in November. Other allies are looking to create a social club for Trump insiders.

He also has some ideas to redesign the White House; he has told associates he likes the idea of turning a room near the Oval Office dining room into a hangout space for his friends.

Elon Musk, who has been asking for several days about whether he could have West Wing office space, is considered a likely presence on the couch if Mr. Trump follows through on the idea.

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