Adam Cancryn

Charlottesville, Washington, D.C.

White House Reporter at POLITICO

White House reporter at POLITICO. I write about the politics, policy and people shaping Trump’s health and domestic agenda. Message me on Signal: cancryn.01

Articles

There was no breakthrough on trade at the G7. Trump’s OK with that.

1 week ago | politico.com | Megan Messerly |Adam Cancryn |Ari Hawkins

But Trump is operating on his own timeline. He insists he can unilaterally set tariffs for any country whenever he pleases, delay them as he desires and use that cudgel to negotiate from a position of strength, even as critics warn his stance threatens global economic uncertainty. “I don’t think there’s much urgency,” said one person close to the White House, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the trade talks. “For the president, it doesn’t matter.
Trump: ‘There would be no war’ if Russia were in G8

1 week ago | politico.eu | Koen Verhelst |Nick Taylor-Vaisey |Adam Cancryn

KANANASKIS, Alberta — “The G7 used to be the G8,” Donald Trump mused after a bilateral meeting with host Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies. Standing next to a mute Carney on Monday, the U.S. president blamed his predecessor, Barack Obama, and previous Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau for dropping Russia from the alliance over its 2014 invasion of the Crimean peninsula. “Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in.
‘I’m not thinking about Elon Musk’: Trump tries to move on from feud

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Adam Cancryn

President Donald Trump said Friday that he has little appetite for reconciling with Elon Musk any time soon, signaling he’s eager to move on to other topics following their extraordinary public blow-up. “I’m not really interested in that,” Trump told reporters as he arrived in New Jersey, where he’s slated to spend the weekend at one of his properties.
‘Mutually assured destruction’: Trump’s and Musk’s quiet day is less détente than Cold War

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Megan Messerly |Adam Cancryn |Jack Detsch |Joe Gould

Even as both men appeared to walk away from the edge, some White House officials and allies are privately acknowledging an uncomfortable truth: Trump is the most politically powerful man in the world, Musk is the wealthiest man in the world, and their fates have become inextricably linked. Musk needs U.S. contracts to support his businesses, and the U.S. needs the services Musk’s companies provide.
Spektakularny koniec sojuszu Elona Muska i Donalda Trumpa. "Najtrudniejszy wstrząs". Miliarder chce "zabić" flagowy projekt prezydenta

3 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Ali Bianco |Adam Cancryn |Jake Traylor

"Zadzwońcie do swojego senatora, zadzwońcie do swojego kongresmana, bankructwo Ameryki NIE jest w porządku! ZABIJCIE TĘ USTAWĘ ["Kill the bill"] — napisał Musk w środę, 4 czerwca, na X. Donald Trump nazwał tymczasem ustawę "prawdopodobnie najważniejszym aktem prawnym, jaki kiedykolwiek zostanie podpisany w historii naszego kraju". Spektakularne publiczne zerwanie między miliarderem a prezydentem pozostawia wiele pytań.
Trump is brushing off Musk's megabill attacks — for now

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Adam Cancryn |Jake Traylor

President Donald Trump has so far resisted a war with Elon Musk, but there’s no telling how long the peace will last. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch a test launch of the SpaceX Starship rocket in November 2024. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images President Donald Trump is frustrated with Elon Musk for slamming the administration’s chief legislative priority, but isn’t taking it personally — a distinction that’s helped keep a lid on the White House’s response so far.
Trump is brushing off Musk's megabill attacks - for now

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Adam Cancryn |Jake Traylor

President Donald Trump is frustrated with Elon Musk for slamming the administration’s chief legislative priority, but isn't taking it personally — a distinction that’s helped keep a lid on the White House’s response so far. Yet as Musk’s attacks stretch into their second day, administration officials are wondering how long the peace will hold, according to two White House aides and two outside advisers to the president granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking.
"Próba odwetu". Elon Musk mści się i rozbija ambitne plany Donalda Trumpa w drobny mak. Odsłaniamy kulisy potężnego zgrzytu

3 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Adam Wren |Adam Cancryn |Dasha Burns

Miliarder w zamieszczonym w mediach społecznościowych wpisie w mocnych słowach skrytykował projekt ustawy budżetowej Donalda Trumpa. Propozycję amerykańskiego przywódcy nazwał "paskudztwem". Ocenił też, że ci, którzy głosowali za ustawą, popełnili błąd. Sprzeciw Elona Muska wskazuje na to, że ta niezawodna dotąd dobrze naoliwiona maszyna, która wprowadziła Trumpa do Białego Domu, właśnie się zacięła.
White House allies 'disappointed' at Musk's opposition to the megabill

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Adam Wren |Adam Cancryn

The GOP faces internal opposition over its legislative priority. Elon Musk attends news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington.
White House allies 'disappointed' at Musk's opposition to the megabill

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Adam Wren |Adam Cancryn

Republican allies close to the White House are privately arguing that the former special government employee — who spent Tuesday afternoon blasting the spending bill and threatening to retaliate against its supporters — is opposing the bill because it harms the tech billionaire's business interests. The House-passed megabill represents the president's chief — and potentially only — major legislative priority this Congress.