Elon Musk downplayed his influence after Democrats started calling him 'President Musk'

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Elon Musk attended the Army-Navy football game alongside President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.
Musk attended the Army-Navy football game alongside Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.

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Bernie Sanders calls out Elon Musk for pressuring lawmakers over funding bill: 'This is oligarchy at work'

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk (left) and President-elect Donald Trump.

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Sam Altman says Elon Musk is 'clearly a bully' who likes to get in fights with rivals

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Elon Musk (left) and Sam Altman (right).
Elon Musk (left) and Sam Altman (right).

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The Air Force Secretary said Elon Musk 'needs to learn a little bit more about the business' before deriding crewed fighter jets

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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Elon Musk are seen dressed in suits in separate close-ups.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he has "a lot of respect" for Elon Musk as an engineer, but said the billionaire is no warfighter.

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Government shutdown looms as House fails to pass funding bill championed by Musk and Trump

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Speaker Mike Johnson, Elon Musk
Speaker Mike Johnson, Elon Musk

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In Elon Musk's world, Twitter (X) is real life

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Elon Musk helped kill a major government funding bill. He's likely just getting started.

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Trump team makes clear Elon Musk isn't the leader of the GOP

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk

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President Musk? The DOGE leader's government-shutdown push shows how he'll wield power in Washington

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MTG and Rand Paul float Elon Musk for speaker of the House

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A composite photo of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Elon Musk
 

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Jeff Bezos and Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago, and were joined by Elon Musk

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he was "very optimistic" about Trump's second term at the NYT's Dealbook conference.

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