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Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office sendoff, crediting him with ‘colossal change’

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    • 88:88
      Steve Bannon
      And that's when Elon got physical. It's a sore subject with him,
      Newsweek
      Bannon said
    • 88:88
      Steve Bannon
      That's the inflection point, you see Elon all changed from that moment."
      Newsweek
      Bannon
    • 88:88
      I was just horsing around with little X and I said, 'Go ahead punch me in the face,' and he did,
      Newsweek
      Musk explained
    • 88:88
      Steve Bannon
      The political class on Capitol Hill willingly got behind a pied piper and wasted five months."
      Newsweek
      Bannon said
    • 88:88
      I didn't really feel much at the time, and I guess it bruises up, but I was just horsing around with the kid."
      Newsweek
      Musk further clarified
    • 88:88
      Steve Bannon
      Scott Bessent called him out and said, 'You promised us a trillion dollars in cuts, and now you're at like $100 billion. Nobody can find any savings. What are you doing?'
      Newsweek
      Bannon recounted
    • 88:88
      @DOGEand@elonmusk have set some very important work in motion—which we are committed to continuing. The Trump administration is cutting costs and making the government more productive for the American people."
      Newsweek
      Following news of Musk's departure, Scott Bessent publicly praised the billionaire on X, writing
    • 88:88
      Steve Bannon
      The president backed [Bessent] just like the president didn't allow the briefing on China, ... People in the administration and the White House realized he didn't have any idea what he's doing. They cauterized the damage."
      Newsweek
      Bannon noted ... adding,
    • 88:88
      Steve Bannon
      Trump 100 percent sided with Bessent after the clash,
      Newsweek
      Bannon added
    • 88:88
      Steve Bannon
      Is anyone trying to talk to Elon now? No,
      Newsweek
      Bannon remarked, attributing the fallout from the White House's "Big Beautiful Bill" to Musk
    • 88:88
      Not one penny was ever shown to have been sent to these people."
      Newsweek
      Musk's claims of fraud were debunked as "primarily due to an accounting error," with Bannon stating
    • 88:88
      Donald Trump
      Let's move on, next question."
      Newsweek
      When questioned about the report an Oval Office press conference alongside Trump, Musk dismissed the allegations by criticizing the publication, stating
    • 88:88
      Donald Trump
      X could do it. If you knew X, he could do it."
      Newsweek
      Trump, who
    • 88:88
      The polls are the new SEC [Security and Exchange Commission] filings where prospectuses around CEO reputation is the real hidden ticker,
      Newsweek
      he said
    • 88:88
      I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,
      Daily Mail
      Musk told CBS in an interview that will air in full this Sunday
    • 88:88
      He seemed to be signaling that his personal power would undergo a rapid and emphatic re-boot now that he was no longer in Trump's employ,
      Daily Mail
      she continued ... continued.
    • 88:88
      As the press filed out,
      Daily Mail
      she said
    • 88:88
      Donald Trump
      He had to go through the slings and the arrows, which is a shame,
      The New York Times
      Mr. Trump said
    • 88:88
      Donald Trump
      I could have said, ‘Drop to your knees and beg,’ and he would have done it,
      The New York Times
      Mr. Trump said on social media in 2022
    • 88:88
      Donald Trump
      Elon is really not leaving,
      The New York Times
      Mr. Trump said