Lawrence O’Donnell Breaks Down How Donald Trump Is ‘Humiliating’ Elon Musk On Multiple Levels
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The MSNBC anchor also pointed out the "funniest" part of the president-elect's press release about the billionaire's new role.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday suggested Elon Musk had suffered “a humiliating demotion” at the hands of Donald Trump after the president-elect handed the billionaire a non-official governmental role.
Musk backed Trump’s winning campaign to the tune of around $200 million.
But “the theory that Elon Musk might become, in effect, a co-president or the real president, while Donald Trump in effect retires to a life of golfing, suffered a significant setback tonight when Donald Trump announced that he would give Elon Musk a job that does not exist and will last, at most, 18 months,” said O’Donnell.
Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy were announced by Trump as the new heads of a Department of Government Efficiency that is tasked with routing public spending and red tape. Trump has given them until July 2026 to complete their mission.
That Trump gave Musk a working partner is the “worst of all,” said O’Donnell, noting how Musk also had to share the press statement.
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