Spin Cycle: The Talking Points Have Been Issued, And The Show Musk Go On

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : "Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) pushed back on the prevailing narrative on CNN's "State of the Union," telling host Dana Bash that it was clear to him that although Musk continued to work in an advisory capacity, Trump was still the one holding all the marbles.
38% : Much of the conversation centered around the recent fight over a last-minute deal on a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown just before members of Congress left for the Christmas holiday, and the fact that Musk -- along with Trump and a host of others -- had taken to X to pan the 1,500-plus page deal originally supported by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
38% : "No, he's not going to be president, that I can tell you," Trump said.
34% : On ABC's "This Week," former Governor Chris Christie argued that Trump might be fine with Musk having a bit of the spotlight for the time being, but insisted that was likely a temporary scenario -- and that if Musk overstepped or Trump needed to blame someone else for something, the bloom would quickly come off the rose.
32% : "I think President Trump is clearly the leader," Hagerty said when challenged directly, saying that he'd met with both Trump and Musk together and had no concerns that the SpaceX CEO was elbowing his way into undue influence of the incoming president.
27% : "Trump himself addressed the media narrative from the stage at Turning Point USA's America Fest in Phoenix, Arizona, saying that he had no concerns about Musk usurping the office.
24% : "Christie did not put a timeframe on how long he thought Musk might last, but instead described how he believed it would happen, saying that Musk would likely be pushed aside "when Trump believes that something has gone wrong and he needs someone to blame -- and Musk becomes the person to blame."On CBS' "Face the Nation," Rep. Tony Gonzales defended the relationship between Trump and Musk, saying he was like a "prime minister" in the recent battle over funding -- but that in that role, he had amplified the concerns being voiced by regular Americans.
11% : Later on the show, Republican pundit Scott Jennings mocked the Democrats for complaining about the "unelected" and "billionaires" steering Trump on policy, noting that even the mainstream press was finally waking up to the fact that President Joe Biden had not been the one calling the shots in the current administration.

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