Musk's turn as a Trump diplomat raises conflict of interest concerns

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

89% : Elon Musk has been a constant companion to President-elect Donald Trump as Trump meets with foreign leaders -- an ever-present personality at Mar-a-Lago since November, even accompanying Trump to Paris on his first foreign trip since winning the election.
79% : "Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the Trump-Vance Transition, said "Elon Musk and President Trump are great friends and brilliant leaders working together to Make America Great Again.
69% : "Clearly eager to smooth over any friction in the transition, Blinken quickly added praise for his likely successor, veteran Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and Republican Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida, whom Trump has announced as incoming national security adviser.
66% : "In the last several days, consternation and excitement around Musk's potential influence under Trump reached a fever pitch after Musk initiated a movement that quickly torpedoed funding legislation supported by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.As some Republicans have celebrated Musk's successful effort to intervene, suggesting he should be made speaker of the House, many critics have raised concerns that Musk could be acting as a sort of "shadow president" or "co-president" to Trump.
58% : The transition team will ensure the Department of Government Efficiency and those involved with it are compliant with all legal guidelines related to conflicts of interest.
53% : Under any other normal circumstance, that would not be permitted, but now we are in a different rule set when it's Trump."
44% : The former intelligence official added, "When he's one of the arbiters of government efficiency, and how many thousands of people he can fire, he has all these government conflicts.
40% : Since 2014, Trump has traveled to China at least eight times where he had meetings with senior Chinese officials.
37% : "Being in these meetings alone or with Trump, who knows what ethics violations are taking place.
29% : Musk's interactions with world leaders alongside Trump are raising questions about the tech leader's potential influence on U.S. foreign policy over the next four years and the potential for conflicts of interest, Washington insiders say.
26% : "It's on a level that is so foreign to me I can't get my head around it," a former national security official in President Barack Obama's Cabinet said.

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