Trump Addresses Rumors About Elon Musk’s ‘Shadow Presidency’ | EUROtoday

President-elect Donald Trump mentioned he has not ceded the presidency to billionaire Elon Musk, calling that accusation a “hoax.”

“No, he’s not taking the presidency,” Trump mentioned Sunday at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention in Phoenix, Arizona.

“You know, they’re on a new kick,” Trump continued. “All the different hoaxes. The new one is that President Trump has ceded the presidency to Elon Musk. No, no, that’s not happening.”

He added that Musk couldn’t even be president as a result of he wasn’t born in America; he was born in South Africa.

Musk’s relationship with Trump has grow to be a priority after Trump tapped Musk to co-lead the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, an effort to chop federal spending. Musk’s position has drawn complaints contemplating his firms ― like Tesla, tunnel building companies firm Boring Co., and rocket-launcher SpaceX ― are federally regulated. Musk additionally helped cease the bipartisan price range proposal this week by always posting about it on X, the social media platform he owns, previously often known as Twitter.

Musk’s involvement within the authorities has led Democrats to recommend that Musk is Trump’s “shadow president.”

“We need to face the reality: Right now, we have President Elon Musk,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) mentioned Friday on MSNBC. “And Donald Trump, maybe he’s vice president. I guess vice presidents don’t do much, so that makes sense. He might be the chief of staff.”

Along with addressing the “President Musk” accusations on the conservative convention in Phoenix, Trump additionally mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to satisfy with him “as soon as possible,” and Trump needs to finish the warfare between Russia and Ukraine “quickly.”

Trump additionally defended Robert F. Kennedy Jr. main the Health and Human Services. He mentioned he would let Kennedy search for hyperlinks between vaccines and autism, an unfounded conspiracy concept that Kennedy has touted for years.

“Together, we’re going to make America healthy again,” Trump mentioned. “Something bad is happening.”

Trump additionally mentioned that he needed to revive North Carolina Fort Liberty’s outdated title, Fort Bragg, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The title was modified in 2023 to do away with the Confederate which means. Trump additionally mentioned Mount Denali must be restored to its outdated title, Mount McKinley, named after President William McKinley.

“Woke has to stop. Because along with everything else, it’s destroying our country. We’re going to stop woke,” Trump mentioned. “Woke is bullshit.”

On the subject of TikTok, Trump mentioned he was open to holding TikTok as a result of the social media app allowed him to succeed in younger voters.