Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, on Sunday compared tech mogul Elon Musk to a “prime minister,” praising Musk for
speaking out against an early version of a stopgap funding bill last week.
“It’s kind of interesting,” Gonzales said during an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “We have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels like as if Elon Musk is our prime minister.”
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At a Turning Point USA event in Arizona,
Trump downplayed concerns that Musk is usurping control from the president-elect.
“No, he’s not going to be president, that I can tell you,” Trump said.
“And I’m safe. You know why he can’t be? He wasn’t born in this country,” Trump added about Musk, who was born in South Africa.