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President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce. Musk has called federal employees an “unelected” fourth branch of government that needed to be held accountable. It is Musk’s first public appearance since assuming control of the new Department of Government Efficiency, which he and his employees have largely conducted in secret and without accountability. Earlier Tuesday, Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza — perhaps permanently — as part of his audacious plan to remake the Middle East.