Trump watches as Musk's SpaceX launches Starship rocket

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Trump embraced Musk, the founder of SpaceX, upon arriving at the company's Brownsville launch facility.
57% : Trump regularly invoked that test launch during his campaign rallies in the closing stretch of the presidential election.
56% : Trump was joined by some of his staff and Republican lawmakers, including Sens.
54% : Trump and Musk have developed an increasingly close relationship in recent weeks.
54% : Trump has expressed fondness for Musk, who was also tapped to co-lead a new government efficiency department alongside entrepreneur and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
53% : Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of social platform X, endorsed Trump after a July assassination attempt and donated millions of dollars to a pro-Trump super PAC that helped with voter turnout efforts.
49% : They have argued Trump will grow tired of Musk inserting himself into decision-making and grabbing the spotlight, just as he has in the past when officials have outshined him.
26% : Musk also publicly weighed in on the ongoing fight over who Trump should pick as Treasury secretary over the weekend.

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