Trump addresses Elon Musk's growing political influence: 'He's not going to be president'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : "Less than one month before the 45th president becomes the 47th, Trump seemed in a good mood.
55% : "Trump also outlined a new plan for a campaign-style advertising blitz aimed at discouraging drug use.
50% : After summoning Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to the stage, Trump scanned the crowd and didn't see him at first.
47% : Trump said.
46% : If Panama doesn't relent, Trump said he would insist on retaking control of the canal, which the U.S. relinquished under a treaty that then-President Jimmy Carter signed in 1977.
45% : History shows that anyone who upstages Trump or diverts attention from him doesn't last long in his orbit.
44% : "Trump spoke for more than an hour Sunday at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, with thousands of conservative activists cheering wildly as he took the stage amid a pyrotechnic display.
40% : After his victory, Trump tapped Musk to head a new nongovernmental office whose mission is to reduce government costs and inefficiencies.
38% : "No, he's not going to be president, that I can tell you," Trump said.
38% : During the campaign, Trump said he would bring a swift end to the war, using leverage and clout he believes he has attained with both Putin and Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
38% : Musk spent more than $250 million to help get Trump elected.
32% : Speakers at the conference downplayed any friction between Musk and Trump.
31% : Any GOP lawmaker tempted to defy Trump may fear that the new president would orchestrate a primary challenge bankrolled by Musk.
30% : Trump said the notion that he has "ceded the presidency" to Musk is a fiction and that even if Musk wanted the job, he couldn't get it because of the Constitution's requirement that the U.S. president be a natural-born citizen.
30% : At another point, Trump heard a strange sound onstage.
28% : "Trump, who faced two assassination attempts during the campaign, added: "I wonder why."
21% : In his remarks, Trump also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to meet with him "as soon as possible" and called for an end to the "horrible," horrible" war between Russia and Ukraine.
20% : "We're being ripped off at the Panama Canal like we're being ripped off everywhere else," Trump said.
14% : "We are going to advertise how bad drugs are for you," Trump said.
11% : Trump and Musk effectively scuttled Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's proposed emergency spending measure, forcing lawmakers to find an acceptable alternative that would keep the government running hours before the shutdown would have taken effect.

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