President-elect Trump on Sunday rejected the Democratic Party's reference to tech billionaire Elon Musk as “President Musk.”
“No, he's not going to be president, I'm telling you,” Trump said at America Fest, hosted by the conservative group Turning Point, in Phoenix, Arizona. That can't be true, he wasn't born in this country. ”
Democratic leaders have hinted in recent days that the tech billionaire is the “true leader” of the Republican Party, following Mr. Musk's hard-line campaign against stopgap spending measures.
Last week, Musk blasted the stopgap measure on social media, and the president-elect followed his lead in rejecting the deal negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), a strong Trump ally. showed support.
“Any Representative or Senator who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out within two years!” Musk said on his social platform X on Wednesday.
At America Fest, Trump said Musk “went to Pennsylvania and stayed there for a month and helped us win that state. We won by a huge margin.”
“I mean, he was really good,” Trump added.
Last month, President Trump announced that Musk and Vivek Ramaswami will chair the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) committee, which aims to “cut excessive regulation, reduce wasteful spending” and “restructure federal agencies.” announced that he would be appointed.
DOGE will “provide advice and guidance from outside the government” and work in collaboration with the White House Office of Management and Budget, the president-elect said.
“This could potentially become a modern-day 'Manhattan Project,'” Trump added. “Republican politicians have long dreamed of DOGE goals.”
The Hill has reached out to Musk's electric car company Tesla for comment.
