Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, on Sunday compared tech mogul Elon Musk to a āprime minister,ā praising Musk for
speaking out against an early version of a stopgap funding bill last week.
āItās kind of interesting,ā Gonzales said during an interview on CBS Newsā āFace the Nation.ā āWe have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels like as if Elon Musk is our prime minister.ā
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At a Turning Point USA event in Arizona,
Trump downplayed concerns that Musk is usurping control from the president-elect.
āNo, heās not going to be president, that I can tell you,ā Trump said.
āAnd Iām safe. You know why he canāt be? He wasnāt born in this country,ā Trump added about Musk, who was born in South Africa.