{"id":17206,"date":"2024-12-28T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17206"},"modified":"2024-12-28T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:52:00","slug":"trump-takes-a-swipe-at-close-pal-elon-musk-and-reveals-why-the-billionaire-will-never-be-president-you-know-why-he-cant-be-he-wasnt-see-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17206","title":{"rendered":"Trump takes a swipe at close pal Elon Musk and reveals why the billionaire will \u2018never\u2019 be president. You know why he can\u2019t be? He wasn\u2019t\u2026 See more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President-elect Donald Trump took a swipe at \u2018first buddy\u2019 Elon Musk as critics question who is really in charge between the close pair as the 78-year-old prepares to return to the White House.<\/p>\n

It comes after Republicans had to scramble to avert a government shutdown late last week after the tech billionaire and then the president-elect criticized the first bill negotiated, tanking it.<\/p>\n

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It lead to a series of digs by Democrats and Trump critics who mockingly started to refer to Trump\u2019s close ally as \u2018President Musk.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking for more than hour at the conservative Turning Point USA\u2019s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix on Sunday, Trump vented that even if Musk wanted to be president, he couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u2018No, he\u2019s not going to be president, that I can tell you,\u2019 Trump told the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u2018And I\u2019m safe. You know why he can\u2019t be? He wasn\u2019t born in this country,\u2019 he continued.<\/p>\n

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To become president, the U.S. Constitution requires a person to be a natural-born citizen. But Musk was born in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s richest man spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help the Republican president-elect win a second term and has been a near permanent presence at Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home ever since.<\/p>\n

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After Musk criticized the bipartisan negotiated spending deal last week helping tank it, Republicans put forward another GOP-only proposal which House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) referred to as the \u2018Musk-Johnson\u2019 deal.<\/p>\n

On the House floor, Democratic lawmakers blasted \u2018President Musk\u2019 for sending Congress scrambling in the 11th hour before the government shutdown deadline.<\/p>\n

Online, Trump critics have seized on \u2018President Musk\u2019 and ridiculed Trump with memes featuring Musk sitting in the Oval Office with Trump standing behind him and other images suggesting it\u2019s the billionaire who is actually in charge.<\/p>\n

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As lawmakers looked to reach a government funding deal, Musk furiously tweeted objections to the original bill which was more than 1,500 pages. Trump eventually also weighed in that he too was against it before it sank.<\/p>\n

After Democrats slammed the GOP replacement as a \u2018Musk-Johnson\u2019 deal, the billionaire even tried to distance himself.<\/p>\n

He posted giving credit for the GOP spending deal, which also failed before a final agreement was reach, to Trump, Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson.<\/p>\n

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But Musk, who Trump tapped to co-head a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been seen consistently with the president-elect after spending $277 million on the 2024 election.<\/p>\n

He was hovering behind him at the Army-Navy football game earlier this month, sat next to him at Thanksgiving in Florida and has been spotted during his visits to Capitol Hill and New York City.<\/p>\n

After the Republican scramble to avert the government shutdown following Musk and Trump tanking the original deal, GOP lawmakers over the weekend rushed to defend the tech billionaire\u2019s meddling.<\/p>\n

Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales of Texas compared Musk to an unelected prime minister when asked about the role he is playing.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels as if Elon Musk is our prime minister,\u2019 Gonzales told CBS News\u2019 \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He said he had even spoken to Musk a couple of times during the week and argued though Musk was never elected, he has a voice.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think a large part of that voice is a reflection of the voice of the people,\u2019 he claimed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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