'Protracted standoff': Reporter spills about 'absolutely crucial moment' with Trump's team

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : ""In a Saturday morning post on X, the social network he owns and runs, Musk praised a foreign leader's decision to cut tariffs -- the same import taxes that Trump wants to raise to the highest level in a century.
37% : In a follow-up news report, Stein and other reporters said, "Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX billionaire who has become President-elect Donald Trump's 'first buddy,' appeared to publicly pressure Trump on economic policy and a key Cabinet appointment.
32% : "We're in a protracted standoff right now over who Trump will pick for treasury secretary," he wrote.
30% : ""From all my reporting, my sense is that Trump is dead serious about enormous tariff hikes to rebalance global trade.

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