Opinion | Elon Musk is the real vice president-elect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In the weeks since Election Day, Trump has been busy announcing his picks for various Cabinet roles and basking in the glow of his second campaign win.
56% : Last weekend, Trump shared a picture of his inner circle on his private plane enjoying McDonald's.
54% : But if they cede more power to the executive branch by bowing down to Trump, people like Elon Musk will ultimately benefit.
52% : Trump was surrounded by Musk; his son Don Jr.; House Speaker Mike Johnson; and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
50% : Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune has two choices: capitulate to Trump or control the situation.
47% : Trump has always been transactional.
37% : Whether letting Musk join a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or naming him to spearhead a made-up agency to curb government spending, Trump clearly thinks there's a lot of value in his relationship with the fellow billionaire.
35% : Trump is testing them.
24% : In a since-deleted social media post, Vance defended missing votes in the U.S. Senate because he was too busy meeting with Trump to interview candidates to lead the FBI.
22% : Vance also skipped out on his day job in order to help Trump fill a seat that is not vacant.
21% : While Musk is sitting in on phone calls with Trump, Vance wasted his time trying to convince his fellow Republican senators to back Matt Gaetz, just a day before Gaetz withdrew his nomination for attorney general.
11% : It appears Vance let this one slip, confirming Trump indeed intends to break another norm by replacing the head of America's top law enforcement agency ... again!
3% : Trump handpicked Wray in 2017 after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey.

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