Isn’t it nice to win?” the president-elect asked to raucous applause by fellow Republicans. The influential billionaire Elon Musk joined him at the meeting and also received a standing ovation.

End of carousel “I suspect I won’t be running again,” Trump told the assembly of supporters, “unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we’ve got to figure something else out.’” Those in attendance read it as a joke, which is undoubtedly how Trump ...