Elon Musk, preparing to step back from his work leading the Department of Government Efficiency, had a request of the reporters gathered at the White House to interview him: Before he would answer any questions, he wanted someone to tell him a joke. The tech billionaire’s request in the Roosevelt Room on Wednesday underscored the surreal and idiosyncratic presence of the world’s richest man at the highest echelons of American power MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/elon-musk-leaving-doge-whats-next/507-bdc68c0b-67c7-4b13-b815-9385a5766bc1