標題:Musks cabinet cameo：the elephant in the room wore black

正文：About 12 minutes into the first meeting of his new cabinet, President Trump addressed the elephant in the room. This was rather easy for him to do, sincethe elephant was standing 10 feet away, dressed all in black, hovering over the head of the table at which the president and the members of his cabinet sat. “Is anybody unhappy with Elon?” Mr. Trump asked. Nervous laughter began to ripple around the room. “If you are,” Mr. Trump continued, “we’ll throw him out of here.” The cabinet started clapping. It was meant asa joke —but just how funny did the various officials and aides crammed into the cabinet roomreally find the situation to be?

知識點：addressv.

to speak to someone directly or deal with a problem or issue. 直接對某人講話；處理問題或議題。

e.g. The CEO addressed the concerns of the employees during the town hall meeting. 首席執行官在全體員工大會上回應了員工的擔憂。

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