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'Resents the idea': CNN analyst sees Trump bristle as Democratic attack strategy hits home

The Democratic Party has finally hit on an attack tactic which has found its target with Trump, a CNN analyst reported Monday. They “are trying to tweak Trump’s vanity, mockingly suggesting that even after winning a second term, he is still not as powerful as the South Africa-born tech mogul whom he put in charge of slashing the size of …

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Takeaways from Trump’s 1st rally speech as president-elect

Associated Press

PHOENIX — President-elect Donald Trump came to Arizona on Sunday for his first rally speech since winning the November election. We’re going to really give it a shot.” Trump, who likes to say that his clear but close victory was a landslide, argued: “There’s a spirit that we have now that we didn’t have just a short while ago.” Trump …

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Key takeaways from Trump’s first rally speech after November election win

Al Jazeera

Here are some takeaways from the 75-minute speech by President-elect Donald Trump in Virginia. United States President-elect Donald Trump has been greeted by thousands of supporters at his first rally speech in Arizona since winning the November election. We’re going to really give it a shot.” Trump, who likes to say that his clear but close victory was a landslide, …

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Will Elon Musk become US President? Trump says it's not happening, explains why

India Today

US President-elect Donald Trump dismissed speculation that billionaire Elon Musk would take over the presidency, saying "it was not happening" and cited constitutional rules of being born in the country to hold the top post, NBC News reported. Musk, the world's richest person, was born in South Africa and has been tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Government …

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Takeaways from Donald Trump's 1st rally speech as president-elect

India Today

PHOENIX: President-elect Donald Trump came to Arizona on Sunday for his first rally speech since winning the November election. Here are some takeaways from the speech: President-elect tests unity message alongside characteristic bombast Trump spoke for about 75 minutes, much of it a typical Donald Trump speech – plenty of quips about the U.S. being “ripped off” and more false …

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Kishwar Desai | UK-US ties to get strained in 2025; music keeps Paul, Ringo, Mick young

Deccan Chronicle

As a “perfect storm” blows through the UK, disrupting flights and road travel, it does not augur well for those with planned Christmas get-away holidays. Known popularly as the “Prince of Darkness “during the Labour years — Lord Mandelson has been just been appointed UK’s ambassador to the US by the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. This is an interesting …

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'He's not taking the presidency': Trump fumes about 'President Musk' at MAGA conference

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump used a speech to MAGA supporters to strongly push back on claims that billionaire Elon Musk had effectively taken over his presidency. While speaking to Turning Point USA's AmFest conference attendees on Sunday, Trump argued that "big companies" wanted him to cut regulations more than slashing taxes. "The new one is President Trump has ceded the presidency …

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'You are so influenced': Fox News host confronts GOP senator for bowing down to Elon Musk

Raw Story

Sen. Markwayne Mullin attacked Hunter Biden when asked about billionaire Elon Musk's outsized role in influencing President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party. "We're going to bring in Elon Musk and allow him to help us see what we aren't being able to see," Mullin told host Shannon Bream, referring to the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency. "The Shanghai plant …

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Trump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect

Al Jazeera

Statements come amid criticism of Musk’s involvement in budget negotiations, outsized role in Trump transition. United States President-elect Donald Trump has pushed back on the notion that he has “ceded the presidency” to billionaire Elon Musk, who has taken an outsized role in the president-elect’s transition into the White House. “He wasn’t born in this country.” The South African-born Musk …

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What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a pre-Christmas government shutdown. A Coast Guard patrol boat cruises near Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump’s Palm Beach home, in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Share Share Copy Link …

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Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one. Johnson’s shaky grip on the gravel Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, are listen during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event with a ceremonial Menorah lighting to commemorate …

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'Too old for the job' Trump nailed on MSNBC for letting Elon Musk fight his battles

Raw Story

As part of a discussion on MSNBC on Saturday morning, the former head of the Republican National Committee suggested that Donald Trump is letting billionaire adviser Elon Musk call the shots because he's not the man he used to be. During a spirited debate over Musk leaning on GOP lawmakers to pass a budget bill to his and Trump's liking …

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Elon Musk wants 'incompetent fool' Olaf Scholz to quit after German market attack

India Today

Billionaire Elon Musk, set to join US President-elect Donald Trump's administration as an outside adviser, on Friday called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign in response to a deadly attack at a German Christmas market. "Only the AfD can save Germany," Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform, X. Musk, the world's richest person, has already …

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Elon Musk slams Germany for not extraditing 'attacker': Deserves to be punished

India Today

Tech titan Elon Musk lashed out at Germany for previously refusing to extradite the Saudi Arabian native who allegedly drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. Despite this, Germany granted Taleb asylum and refused to send him back to Saudi Arabia, a decision that Musk condemned as "insane." Earlier today, Musk in a post on …

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'Never-ending chaos': Ex-GOP lawmaker says Musk and Trump on a 'collision course'

Raw Story

A Republican former lawmaker said Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk appear to be on a "collision course" and warned Americans that another close adviser of Trump's is promising "never-ending chaos." Former Rep. Charlie Dent told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on "The Lead" that Steve Bannon is "essentially promising never-ending chaos." Dent later said he suspects Trump and Musk are …

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2 days, 17 hours ago

'Huge liar': Elon Musk lashes out at Dem senator after scathing CNN clip

Raw Story

Tech billionaire and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk lashed out at a Democratic lawmaker on Friday afternoon who accused him of "endorsing a neo-Nazi party." Following Trump's win over Vice President Kamala Harris, Musk has recently tried to use his influence to tilt Germany’s election, endorsing on his platform, X, the country’s far-right Alternative for Germany party. Musk wrote Thursday …

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'Scuttle entire bill': CNN host hits back as Republican gripes that Dems 'demonize' Musk

Raw Story

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar hit back with straight talk as a Republican on her show began complaining about Democrats “demonizing” Elon Musk Friday. Rep. Dan Meuser took to the network to defend the rejection of Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed spending bill Thursday night — a move that plunged D.C. into chaos and threatens to shut down the government days before …

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'Big deal': Elon Musk raises alarms by endorsing what's known as 'German neo-Nazi party'

Raw Story

Elon Musk raised alarm by endorsing Germany's far-right Alternative für Deutschland, which has called for the nation to leave the European Union. The tech billionaire and Donald Trump adviser commented on an X post by far-right influencer Naomi Seibt, who had criticized German politician Friedrich Merz, saying the potential next chancellor was "horrified by the idea that Germany should follow …

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'Bowed to their master': Conservative slams GOP for treating Elon Musk as shadow president

Raw Story

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is already acting like he's in charge of America rather than President-elect Donald Trump, wrote Never Trump conservative Charlie Sykes for The Atlantic — and incredibly, MAGA Republicans seem to be going along with it. After Musk issued his primary threats on his X platform, wrote Sykes, "panic ensued among the notoriously skittish congressional GOP, who …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

US House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, Musk warns 'America headed for disaster'

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Washington: The House rejected President-elect Donald Trump's new plan on Thursday to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, as Democrats refused to accommodate his sudden demands and the quick fix cobbled together by Republican leaders. The outcome proved a massive setback for Trump and his billionaire ally, Elon Musk, who rampaged against …

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Analysis: Europe, too, feels Musk’s political impact. How far will it go?

LA Times

Elon Musk attends the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 07, 2024, in Paris. Musk’s foray into German politics came just after far-right British politician Nigel Farage, who for years has been a fixture in Trump’s orbit, declared this week that the South African-born Tesla and Space X magnate was considering a historically large …

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Elon Musk just killed Donald Trump's honeymoon

Salon

Back in 2016, the whole country was left in shock when celebrity businessman Donald Trump managed to take over the Republican Party and win the presidential election. It's clearly starting to come apart largely because Trump made himself a much lamer duck than he needed to be. As the anointed budget cutter in chief he took great umbrage that anyone …

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"You wanna be speaker?": Johnson jokes he offered Musk House leadership role

Salon

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he joked with Elon Musk about taking his job after several members of the Republican delegation in the chamber floated the billionaire Tesla CEO for the role. The third attempt at funding the government beyond midnight tonight was without an agreement package to suspend the federal debt ceiling for two years, something President-elect Donald Trump …

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The picture that tells you everything you need to know about what DOGE will do to the federal government

Daily Mail

It appears Elon Musk's mandate from Donald Trump to eliminate the government bloat is already well underway. Speaker Mike Johnson scrambled to craft a last-minute spending bill to avoid a government shutdown after Trump and Musk tanked his initial plan. Musk posted a photo on X of the stack of pages in the legislation showing 'Yesterday's bill' versus 'today's bill' …

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'Resents the idea': CNN analyst sees Trump bristle as Democratic attack strategy hits home

Takeaways from Trump’s 1st rally speech as president-elect

Key takeaways from Trump’s first rally speech after November election win

Will Elon Musk become US President? Trump says it's not happening, explains why

Takeaways from Donald Trump's 1st rally speech as president-elect

Kishwar Desai | UK-US ties to get strained in 2025; music keeps Paul, Ringo, Mick young

'He's not taking the presidency': Trump fumes about 'President Musk' at MAGA conference

'You are so influenced': Fox News host confronts GOP senator for bowing down to Elon Musk

Trump rejects taunts that Elon Musk is real power behind US president-elect

What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years

Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavel

'Too old for the job' Trump nailed on MSNBC for letting Elon Musk fight his battles

Elon Musk wants 'incompetent fool' Olaf Scholz to quit after German market attack

Elon Musk slams Germany for not extraditing 'attacker': Deserves to be punished

'Never-ending chaos': Ex-GOP lawmaker says Musk and Trump on a 'collision course'

'Huge liar': Elon Musk lashes out at Dem senator after scathing CNN clip

'Scuttle entire bill': CNN host hits back as Republican gripes that Dems 'demonize' Musk

'Big deal': Elon Musk raises alarms by endorsing what's known as 'German neo-Nazi party'

'Bowed to their master': Conservative slams GOP for treating Elon Musk as shadow president

US House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, Musk warns 'America headed for disaster'

Analysis: Europe, too, feels Musk’s political impact. How far will it go?

Elon Musk just killed Donald Trump's honeymoon

"You wanna be speaker?": Johnson jokes he offered Musk House leadership role

The picture that tells you everything you need to know about what DOGE will do to the federal government