NEW YORK, November 21. /TASS/. American entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he does not directly influence who US President-elect Donald Trump nominates for cabinet positions in his new administration.

"To be clear, while I have offered my opinion on some cabinet candidates, many selections occur without my knowledge and decisions are 100% that of the President," Musk wrote on the X social network. This is how the billionaire commented on the article in The New York Post, which claims that he is a close ally of Trump and influences appointments to the future US administration.

Earlier, NBC reported, citing sources, that Trump’s inner circle is already starting to get tired of Musk’s influence and his constant presence next to the politician. According to the NBC source, Musk is behaving like a co-president of the US, actively promoting his vision of Trump’s second term.