Elon Musk and Donald Trump add SpaceX rocket launch to their growing bond

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : Trump, in his remarks that night, said Musk's IQ was "about as high as they can get" and praised him as "a really good guy.
66% : Since Trump won the US November 5 presidential election, Musk has been a constant presence at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
65% : Trump is expected to be joined by his son Donald Jr and Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for the 4pm (22:00 GMT) launch.
61% : Musk endorsed Trump and became a central figure on the Republican campaign trail.
60% : Trump and Musk travelled to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday to attend the launch of the giant Starship rocket at SpaceX's test site in nearby Boca Chica.
55% : Trump has recently rewarded Musk for his political support by appointing him, along with Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, to advise the newly created Department of Government Efficiency with a mission to slash government spending.
55% : Musk's businesses could benefit personally from his close ties with Trump.
49% : Musk also flew with Trump for a meeting with Republicans from the House of Representatives in Washington, DC last Wednesday, and joined him for the Ultimate Fighting Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.
45% : He has counselled Trump on nominees for the new administration and joined the president-elect's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
45% : "Trump has the biggest possible regard for people who break the rules and get away with it," said William Galston, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, told The Associated Press news agency.
45% : Trump asked the crowd at a political rally after that Starship test.
27% : Trump even started to talk about Musk's space accomplishments while campaigning.
24% : But that changed after Trump survived an assassination attempt in the lead-up to the election.
18% : "Importantly, we will drive out the massive waste and fraud which exists throughout our annual $6.5 Trillion Dollars of Government Spending," Trump said in a statement about the appointment, one of his first after winning the election.
15% : Trump used to mock Musk in his election speeches and Musk had once said it was time for Trump to "hang up his hat & sail into the sunset" because he was too old to be president.

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