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laken riley and his estranged wife, and an urgent weather warning. significant snowfall, life threatening conditions as a bomb cyclone approaches the west coast coast, a live look at a beautiful sunrise in new york city on this tuesday morning. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us this morning. we are learning more about former congressman matt gaetz. now president trump's pick to be attorney general and the two women who say he paid them for sex over a nearly two year period while he was serving in congress. the lawyer for the two women going public with the details of their allegations including that one of them saw gaetz having sex with her 17 year old friend. the two women testified before the house ethics committee, but now there are questions about whether the

report that resulted will ever see the light of day. >> she testified to the house that representative gaetz did not know her friend's age at the time they had sexual intercourse, and when he found out about her age, the representative, gaetz stopped having sexual intercourse with her and he only started the sexual intercourse interactions later on. once she turned 18. the testimony before the house was, yes, that representative gaetz paid my client both of my clients for sexual favors throughout the summer of 2017, all the way to the beginning of 2019. >> gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and house speaker mike johnson is urging the ethics committee to keep the gaetz report private because he resigned from the house last week. but some of the senators who may have to go on the record voting for or against gaetz yeah, they'd like to know what's in it whether we get the ethics report or not. >> the facts are going to come

out one way or the other, and i would think it would be in everybody's best interest including the president's, not to be surprised by some information that might come out during the confirmation hearing in the background checks. >> you want to see it? >> oh i do, but i'm more importantly, i want the judiciary committee to be able to see it prior to the hearings and then after that, depending on what happens, then of course, it could be released to to the to the other members that are going to at some point have a vote on the lawyer for the two women who say that gaetz paid them for sex has been doing media interviews as president elect trump has been personally calling senators to push them to confirm gaetz as attorney general. >> we've learned that cnn although trump has also been asking his allies about the likelihood that gaetz can be confirmed privately he has said in discussions with people that he thinks that gaetz's chances of getting confirmed are, you know, the odds are less than 50% or less than even but he is still going to push ahead with

it and he is digging in, and i expect that that is going to be the posture for as long as he can hold it. all right. our panel is here. joining us now, kristen soltis anderson cnn political commentator, republican strategist elliott williams, cnn legal analyst kate bedingfield, cnn political commentator, former communications director in the biden white house and lanhee chen, former policy director for mitt romney and hoover institution fellow. welcome to all of you. thank you so much for being here. elliott, we are hearing from this lawyer for these women who had to go through all of this once when they testified to the house ethics committee. now increasingly looking like perhaps if that information is and it is wanted by the senate judiciary committee and others, if they're not going to give him the report they're going to have to go straight to these women. what what did you how do you understand what this lawyer is doing and what's next here? >> well the most important thing to know is that it's not. the important question here is not whether matt gaetz is a good or bad guy or qualified for the job, or whether you like him personally

the question is, what information ought the senate judiciary committee to have in making its constitutionally dictated doing its constitutionally dictated job of vetting candidates and nominees? and this is the kind of information almost out of the textbook that they are, number one, allowed to look at. number two should be allowed to look at. and that number three, the house is free to release to them. now, i think what the lawyers are doing is being a little bit cute with material that might have been put under seal in another circumstance, they put it into the record they've said the words and let the public know that it's out there. so it really falls to the senators to figure out ways to get it. and simply seeing john cornyn who's number one, one of the most senior senate republicans and number two, a member of the senate judiciary committee, calling for this material i think it's going to end up in the committee's hands in some way just for them to look at it, even if it's behind closed doors. >> it feels impossible to me that it's not going to leak if they don't officially hand it over. i mean, too many people have seen it. the house is not an institution that is historically, you know, holds

information tight. so i think too many people want to see it. i would certainly hope it would be handed over in a sort of normal order. but if it isn't i cannot imagine a world in which this information does not get leaked. and these senators ultimately don't have the opportunity to see it. >> the ethics committee is usually more locked down than the rest of. i normally would agree with you on there. the house of representatives is a very weak place, but less so. there and lanhee chen i mean, this is what my my colleague stephen collinson who sort of specializes in writing these kind of big picture sweeping pieces for us here at cnn every day. he noted this about what's going on with gates. he says trump is making this about far more than gates. he's creating a test of power that reflects his own self-confidence. the balance of power in the new congress his belief that the gop senate should be at his service and not a moderating force. the president elect's unorthodox pick of the florida republican, the muscle he's already put into his candidacy may mean that trump may soon approach the point where it will cost him more political capital to fold on gaetz than to keep

trying to get him installed. whatever it takes. what do you make of that analysis, and what do you think the president elect is doing here? >> well, i think senators are going to have to make a decision here because this is not a private vote, okay? this is going to be a public vote. and so ultimately, what they're going to have to look at is can they actually take this public vote, given the information they have. and i think that's why you see so many of them saying, look, you know, we would like to see the report because i think they would like full information before they take those votes. ultimately, i do think there is a tremendous amount of loyalty toward president-elect trump. both in the senate and the house. but at the end of the day, these senators have their own political careers. they've got to figure out what they want to do. and so that's why i think you see so many of them notwithstanding what's already happened, saying, look, you know, we'd like to see all the information before we cast this vote because the worst thing would be to cast this vote and then have information come out that then implicates them in a vote that would be problematic. >> three of the first folks to come out of the gate were joni ernst, susan collins and john

cornyn. all up for reelection in 2026. recognizing that this is going to be something that's hanging over them in 2026 is going to be a tough year for republicans anyways because of the pendulum that swings back and forth in our politics. >> we're coming out of a very good republican year. it's likely to be good for democrats and that's why i think you're seeing so many republicans struggle with with this pick, much more so, i think, than some of the others. i do think some of these nominees that donald trump has put up, who may be a little more avant garde for republicans, may or may ultimately get through because i think if the if the key objection is that somebody has a policy difference, i don't think these republican senators are likely to say, i don't like this person's stance on ukraine or what have you. i think that is likely to get passed. that's why this gaetz one is fundamentally different, because it's not about does gates have a different philosophy of the law than i do it is is he in compliance with the law and that's why i think this one, if any of them get hung up it might be this one i want i want to believe both of your kind of theories here, of what republican leadership in the senate is going to do, but i just i think everything that we

have seen in the era of donald trump over this last decade, if donald trump makes this the public litmus test of are you for me or are you against me i think at the end of the day, even these a lot of these folks who are absolutely going to be up in really tough races in 26 are going to toe the line, then the ultimate test even beyond are you going to vote for this person or not? >> the ultimate test for the senate is would they allow themselves to go into recess for a period of days to allow the president to install his nominees? now that would be a remarkable step and a remarkable bending. the knee to future president trump. but in order for that to happen, it would require almost an agreement among senators to for that to happen. i think that would be a huge step. >> i think that's a challenge. i think if it becomes a situation where there are several nominees implicated then, you know, then we'd have to see. but i would be surprised to see it for one nominee. >> lanhee you know, and have worked with senator mitt romney, who's now an outgoing senator. a big part of why he's outgoing is because of the political dynamics that we see

across the board. do you think that there is any willingness to kate's point left among these senators to push back against donald trump in situations where they would otherwise feel that they were in a morally unacceptable position i think, again, what i'd come back to is, first of all, there is a political dynamic here you cannot forget about, which is that each individual senator has to take that vote publicly. >> they have to deal with the political consequences of what that vote might yield in future years. so i think that's one element of it. and some senators, you know we don't know that members of the conference are coming in who are new. they're going to have to craft their own political identities and and i don't know how that's going to go for some of these new members. but again, it is at the end of the day, politicians are to be i mean, they're all they all came of age in the trump era. >> we'll see. >> i mean we'll you know, there are there are some people who don't necessarily have a record in the senate yet. so we'll see. we'll see how that goes. i don't i don't know. it's a short answer. yeah. >> well we're about to find out. we are. all right. coming up here on cnn this morning raising the stakes what the use of long range missiles inside

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8:00 on cnn sarah mcbride doesn't get a say. >> i mean, this is a biological man. he does not belong in women's spaces. women's bathrooms, locker rooms changing rooms. period. full stop republican congresswoman nancy mace introducing a resolution to ban transgender women from using the women's restrooms at the u.s. >> capitol. the move comes just weeks after the first transgender person was elected to congress. democratic congresswoman elect sarah mcbride will be sworn in in january. she responded in a post on social media. she writes this quote, this is a blatant attempt from far right wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what americans are facing. we should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care and child care, not manufacturing. culture wars. delawareans sent me here to make the american dream more affordable and accessible. and that's what i'm focused on. some of mcbride's soon to be democratic colleagues defended the incoming lawmaker.

congressman joe morrell telling axios, quote, i think we have a lot of problems in america. i don't think spending time worrying about the restroom is an order of priority here. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez called the move plain bullying. while congresswoman becca balint said cruelty is the point our panel is back. kristen soltis anderson trans issues became such a flashpoint in this election, in no small part because of that one ad that the trump team put a lot of money behind. that really broke through the flip side of, you know, talking about this is that usually these measures impact a very small number of people, whether it's transgender women and transgender girls in women's sports or a situation like this where there is one member of congress who is clearly being targeted by this bill. clearly, nancy mace is going to get some attention for doing this. and when you look at this back and forth, how do you see this cutting? >> well first, i think it's important to unpack why that ad

was one that republicans ran. so often and ultimately felt was a successful ad in the campaign. and i think it comes down to the very end of the ad where it sets up this dynamic of democrats are for this small group that you're not a part of donald trump's for you. and so when the debate is what should be prioritized, should you be prioritized? i mean, that's an argument that republicans found worked with a lot of voters. it is also true that over the last, say, 6 or 7 years, we have seen public opinion shift in a pretty significant way against considering gender identity ahead of biological sex. i mean particularly among republicans, it's something like nine out of ten believe that biological sex should be considered first. so that's part of why nancy mace is doing this. she's run afoul of republicans in the past for anti-trump stances. she's had quite a journey on that front. and so it wouldn't surprise me if this isn't part of saying, like, look at me. i'm i'm a true conservative. i'm taking this action. >> let's watch the piece of the ad that you were just kind of

running through that sets up this debate or did for the presidential election watch it's hard to believe, but it's true. >> even the liberal media was shocked. kamala supports taxpayer funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens. >> every transgender inmate would have access. >> kamala is for they them president trump is for you that last line lanhee really seemed to kind of cut through. >> and to kristen's point, there were some moderate republicans. axios reported, who were apparently open to the resolution. one said they would need more information. another one said, quote. i mean, the presidential election may have been decided on this issue. >> yeah. i mean, the the ad was very effective. and i think that for many different reasons, the cultural issues broadly, i think for republicans were effective through throughout the country in 2024. the issue is going to be it's a small republican majority in the house. there's not a lot of room to sort of

there's not a play in the joints there so i think the question is to what degree something like this potentially creates division within the conference ahead of what they will need, which is a unified front going into a lot of tough votes, a lot of very impactful votes on actual substantive questions in 2025. so i think that's really going to be the question. we'll see. i mean, i do think there's more of an openness, certainly more of an openness now to something like this. and there would have been, let's say, even a year or two ago. >> it does. sorry. go ahead. >> no, i just the irony here is that nancy mace is kind of doing exactly what the trump ad accused harris and the democrats of doing which is zeroing in on this cultural issue as opposed to focusing on these bigger issues of, i shouldn't say bigger these other priorities of, you know, cost and, you know, making things more affordable and improving the economy. and so, you know, i think sort of delaney's point, i mean, i think the question is, does this kind of, you know, does this land as um, like a division in the republican

caucus because it's this question of, okay, well, now you have power. what are you prioritizing? what is what are you going to focus on? and if nancy mace is coming out with this bill clearly aimed at one member of congress is that really where is that how republicans want to defend what they're doing on is. even though the trans issue itself, of course, did have salience in the presidential election. >> yeah and salience in the ways that these things would affected a broad swath. you know everyone who has a daughter in women's sports, there's that's one way to look at it. but when you're looking at it in terms of this is a single person that is being targeted, i do wonder how the politics of that are different. i also think it's worth, uh, worth noting that in the senate it took until 1992 to get a women's restroom with two stalls for people like barbara mikulski who was really focused on this. so just just keep in mind how how long it seems to take congress to get places the american public gets faster on these issues. all right. still coming up on cnn this morning, tuning in to influencers, part

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square garden for the ufc with special guests. >> president elect donald j. trump. and we are speaking to some of the young men who helped get trump elected saving our country. >> i don't got no taxes on my tips now so thank you, donald trump. love you pookie. >> you guys both vote for trump. of course. yeah of course man. >> i've been working at the same restaurant for four years. i've been a waiter. i've been a buster. i've been a barback. you know, i just don't. all the taxes that can occur. no. oh as much as you want. they you up man. >> i mean, where'd you get most of your news? and information? >> most of it through. >> i know it's not cnn. that's why i'm here. >> i want to hear, like actually, most of the information i got was from joe rogan. >> joe rogan, joe rogan, legend, man. >> yeah. >> yeah, but mostly like social media. if you want to be honest. social media. yeah, that's tiktok. yeah, usually that's what everything spreads around, man. yeah. tiktok. >> tiktok. everywhere man. >> i don't watch a lot of mainstream stuff. >> yeah. where'd you get your news? uh. >> like reddit? yeah a lot of podcasting.

>> yeah. like who? >> joe rogan. yeah. the joe rogan experience. >> do you think it was a mistake for harris not to go on joe rogan, or do you think probably honestly, i think uh, like a long a long conversational talk is better than a debate, right? >> honestly, you can see how a person actually interacts. yeah, i think trump's good at interacting. i don't know. he doesn't need a script. >> you're a new yorker? >> yes. born and raised in brooklyn, new york, right from the hood. >> did you ever consider voting for harris? >> i actually voted for obama. >> you did? yeah. ever voted for somebody that's not trump yeah. >> so? so what changed my level of thinking? >> me not thinking that the police are above me and white men are above me. and i'm all good about, like, yo we can learn about history and all that stuff but don't tell me or don't don't try to put it in a way that it's like our country is racist. our kids are important guys, you know? and if we're not teaching them well, if we're not teaching

them about credit, if we're not teaching them about how to get a home eventually, and we're always talking about is racism, and you know, trans and gays, which like i said, i'm all good. like you do what you do. just don't force it on poor people. and that's where we're about like, as long as you're not forcing it, we're good. >> the power of the alliance between trump and the ufc was on full display here in madison square garden. the sound in this room right now. >> it's so loud in here. it is so loud. >> trump was flanked by elon musk. kid rock house speaker mike johnson and some of his new cabinet picks, including rfk jr. and tulsi gabbard, as he made his way into the arena, trump embraced ufc commentator in the world's most famous podcaster, joe rogan who'd endorsed him after trump appeared on his podcast and what donnie did not show you there was that the person who won that fight did the trump dance after he won. >> as trump looked on. what donie o'sullivan just reported

there relates to a trend that is really defining politics and news as we know it in this era according to a new report, 1 in 5 american adults get their news from social media influencers. >> somehow, in 20 years, we went from tom brokaw to hawk to revealing that one fifth of u.s. >> adults regularly receive their news from online influencers who post about current events. for young adults aged 18 to 29. that number jumps to nearly 40%, according to the study those influencers are predominantly male and more likely to be conservative, something that donald trump took advantage of this past election cycle. >> do you know what live streaming is on these platforms? more or less. yeah, it's the new wave. it's the new wave. >> you love going in there after the fight and they're sweating all over you they're slopping all over you. is cocaine a stronger, uh oh, yeah. up. yeah yeah, yeah. i

have respect for fighters you know, when you can take 200 shots to the face. what is your message to younger voters right now? well, the big message is vote for trump. it's fun to stay at the ymca okay. >> our panel has returned. there was a lot >> there's a lot to absorb. >> the men talking to donie o'sullivan what was your reaction watching that? well i mean look it's i think it is probably broadly speaking, a good thing that young people are at least looking to engage on politics in some way, shape or form. >> okay. so i'm going to start with that. like i think that's actually probably a good thing. now i obviously have a lot of issues with the way that donald trump, um leverages his influence in this in this space. but i think that's actually probably i see like signs of hope in that. um, but the fact that people have abandoned the idea that news needs to come from an arbiter of facts, an arbiter of truth.

i mean, that's where the breakdown is, right? i mean, if people are getting their information from social media influencers who have, you know, who have their own bent, who have their own slant, who are presenting information in the way that, you know they that best suits the argument they want to make. that's not really getting news, right. that's getting entertainment or opinion so, i mean, look, i think democrats are at a huge disadvantage here because we have not built up the ecosystem that the republicans have built up over. i mean, you could you could look at the, you know, you could look at fox news 1996 and the arc of conservative think make a really important case that democrats have not really built an infrastructure in the same way which is is hurting us. but i also think and here's the i'm going to give donald trump his due, which is not something that i often do, but part of donald trump's effectiveness in those settings is donald trump and the way he talks. i mean, you could you could take a lot of republican leaders and put them on joe rogan and those guys

that we were hearing would not come away saying, that guy is awesome. and he's totally got my back. so i got to give donald trump his due there. >> yeah, i mean, look, these formats, they benefit people who can have these relatively natural interactions, right. and uh, look, i mean, that makes me feel very old when i watch all of that because i don't feel like i feel like i get my news in a very different way. right. >> you've never done a news interview while smoking a fatty. >> i know, i don't know that i've. i don't even know what that is, but i mean, it's just we are in a different era. and the way in which people absorb information, the speed with which that information turns over. i mean, it's really just a remarkable thing. and the lack of any kind of intermediation, i think, is is i mean, to me, i think that's a problem but i also feel like we politics just changes so fast and if you think about the politics of 2024, even versus 2020 or 2016, it's totally different. sure, sure. >> yeah, there is always some kind of technology that seems

to be defining in an election. so like 2008, facebook massively defining in that election twitter becomes really defining around the time of the tea party era we are now in the podcast election moment where what i thought was so interesting, that second interview, they talked about how it was good to just hear people kind of debate format. i don't think it's bad that a new generation craves to know what do my leaders think in a format that might actually be more revealing than the traditional staid let's put two people at a podium kind of format. >> i don't think that's a bad thing, and i think printing press, radio, television cable television all came with a backlash in various different ways that they would rot people's brains and that people weren't ready and we'd start as human beings. uh failing. and how we took information and now all of the points being raised here are valid, which is that when information is not checked or when it's not properly vetted, you run the risk of mis and disinformation.

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as the party's nominee back in july, after his debate performance against trump. >> we have to be honest with ourselves that it wasn't just a horrible night, but it's his decision. i just want him to appreciate at this time just how much it impacts not just his race, but all the other races coming in november and joining us now is democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois. >> he's the co-chair of the congressional ukraine caucus. congressman, thanks so much for being here. good morning. so i'd like to start by asking you about ukraine. you were there shortly before the election. you obviously saw the results play out. i'm interested to know how you think what what lessons you took away from the election results the fact that republicans have now swept all three. you know, the house, the senate and the white house and how that's going to impact the foreign policy priority that you have put at the forefront. sure. >> i mean, it's a great concern. you know senator vance

and candidate trump both talked about ukraine not being worth the fight and real concerns about pulling out of nato. we're fighting the war, helping to fight the war in ukraine for the same reasons we fought the second world war. we created this liberal democratic order after the second world war. and i think that's in peril. >> so what do you think is can the biden administration do in the last remaining months? have they gone as far as you would like them to go? do you think there's more things they could do between now and inauguration day? >> i think president biden deserves a tremendous amount of credit for uniting nato at a difficult time for helping probably the person most responsible outside of ukraine for ukraine's ability to hold back the biggest army in europe. an extraordinary odds against them. if i had any criticism. the fact that it took them too long to get to that long range weaponry and all the weaponry that was needed during the course of the war. um, and now sending

military people to help our contractors help with their moving forward with the weaponry they have. so the concern, is it too little, too late in a war that was really a race against time. putin saw what could happen here he was able to use. willing to use his own people as cannon fodder at a much larger country. the odds are against ukraine with that taking place. >> sir, you served on the intelligence committee for quite some time, and president elect trump has said he wants to choose tulsi gabbard to be the director of national intelligence. she's a former democrat, but she also has become something of a celebrity on russian state tv. what do you think she brings to that job? and knowing what you know behind the scenes, what concerns do you have? >> yeah help wanted no experience necessary. apply in the white house must have a destructive personality and be a sycophant. that's what concerns me this is a critical

job it is a post nine over 11 job to coordinate our intelligence community, to have them all work together to share information so we can prevent another nine over 11. well, part of that sharing is involving other countries. it's what keeps us safe. i'm wondering if those countries are going to trust that information with her. when she had secret meetings with assad, said he was an enemy of the united states uh, seems to be a favorite of putin likes putin criticized ukraine for the fact that this war took place and blaming them seemingly for putin's invasion. >> do you think that tulsi gabbard has ties to the russians? >> i don't know that she has ties to them, but she acts as if she does. she acts as if you know, she said that zelenskyy was corrupt. she blamed zelenskyy. and as as trump seemed to for this invasion taking place, even though it was putin said that they had uh

security concerns that were legitimate and seemed to give them the right to invade an independent, autonomous country before i let you go, i do want to ask you there's been some reporting about, you know, the house speaker, nancy pelosi, was quoted in the new york times, former house speaker saying that she thought president biden should drop out of the race earlier. >> and if he had done that, kamala harris might have had a better chance to win perhaps there would have been a primary. do you agree with her analysis? do you think it's productive? >> you know, there's monday morning quarterbacks at this time. you know, it was frustrating for me at that point in time recognizing just we weren't trending down in the polls. we were spiraling down. and of course, the quintessential aspect of that was the debate performance. at this point in time, we recognize that the economy probably had the most to do with this election and, you know, i'll leave it at that. i appreciate the president getting out and his legacy. uh right now, it's time to live with what we have and move forward. >> all right congressman mike quigley, thanks very much for being here. thank you. i

appreciate your time. all right 53 minutes past the hour. here's your morning roundup. the murder trial involving the death of laken riley resumes in about 90 minutes in georgia. new testimony on monday revealed how officers found defensive wounds on the suspect. jose ibarra. one day after riley was killed near the university of georgia, where she was out for a run on his left arm. >> he had a forearm scratch that was very similar, which in my mind i looked like fingernail scratches to me. i could see like wet flesh, like almost like it was fresh the state expected to rest its case against ybarra sometime today. >> the judge will render a final verdict in this bench trial. three people are dead after being stabbed in manhattan monday morning. police say the attacks were unprovoked. a 51 year old man is in custody. he's been charged with three counts of first degree murder a robbery, the grounds of windsor castle, home to king charles and queen camilla broken into. police say

the incident happened last month and the suspect stole two farm vehicles. right now no arrests have been made today texas education officials set to vote on a proposal that would incorporate the bible into elementary school lessons the curriculum covers kindergarten through fifth grade. it would be optional. critics say it blurs the line between church and state all right. today president-elect donald trump expected to attend a spacex launch in texas with his new buddy and doge department co-chair elon musk the billionaire has been a near-constant presence at trump's side, often attending meetings with trump at mar-a-lago, sitting in on job interviews for his administration, joining in on a family photo. trump, at least publicly, has had nothing but praise for musk, but has joked about his constant presence what a job he does. >> he's a great and he happens to be a really good guy. you know, he likes his place. i can't get him out of here. he just likes this place. and you

know what? i like having him here, too. he's good. >> is elon wearing out his welcome? axios reports there are signs of tension between musk and top trump adviser boris epshteyn clashing over trump's cabinet picks. they write this their rocky relationship came to a head last wednesday during a heated discussion at a dinner table in front of other guests at trump's mar-a-lago club, three people familiar with the episode told axios. at one point, during what sources described as a massive blowup and a huge explosion musk accused epstein of leaking details on trump's transition. our panel has returned. i have been wondering how long the trump musk like two egos in one room, was going to last. yes, it does seem as though it's a little tricky now. >> yes, well i mean, we'll look at donald trump's history with the people around him he's not exactly somebody who creates a sense of stability amongst people around him. to begin with. and then you take trump's ego. you take musk's ego i can't imagine that it's going to be very long, that

there are going to be working in harmony with the department of doge, but i guess we'll find out. and i suspect the the explosion will be quite spectacular. >> you know everyone who's worked for an elected official knows that at some point they have folks from the old neighborhood who are still hanging around, who are in their ear and provide insight and guidance and whatever else. and at some point they always end up crosswise with the staff who have been appointed to that member. it happens not just to donald trump, but to everybody else. we could have seen this coming. >> what's so fascinating is that elon musk is not like from the old neighborhood for him. like it's actually the the newness of this connection that i find. so fascinating here that elon musk was not hanging around trump tower in 2016. he was not hanging around even in 2020. this is a new development some of it is, of course, musk saying that he's changed his positions and he is now seen the light and likes donald trump. but i think the newness of this relationship is actually what makes it more i use the term broadly.

>> yeah. here's the thing, though. like elon musk is is like a principle, right? he is like the richest man on the planet. it's not the same as like a staffer fighting with a staffer. think that's one of the things that is going to be so interesting to see. how does it play out with both like elon musk is not the vice anything in his orbit? he is somebody who is building rockets that go to the moon or building things that get caught when they come land back down on earth. he is someone who's building companies that do tunnels cheaper than the government can build them with infrastructure funding. he is i mean, elon musk is building things and frankly, i think that is part of why he appeals to donald trump in a way that other sort of wealthy, high profile individuals might not be able to have that level of access. >> there is a if there is really a conflict between elon musk and a and a staffer or an adviser, my money is on elon musk. i mean honestly, like, i don't i don't really know how much of this is real versus manufactured. i mean you know, we'll see as time goes on but

what is absolutely clear is that there is a real connection between the president elect and elon musk. that is a real thing. >> however the counterpoint, a counterpoint is without question, if it's elon musk versus number four guy at the gao. absolutely. elon musk ends up winning that at a certain point, you end up with an elon musk donald trump confrontation. it has to happen. it's almost inevitable. >> yes it totally inevitable. and the currency in not just in trump world, but in any white house is closeness to the president. and musk is somebody to to your point, casey, a principal musk is somebody who is used to running his own show being his own person. and i think that the moment that he sort of realizes, wait, have i fallen in stature because donald trump is angry that i said x, y, or z? i think that's going to be a real awakening for the musk ego. so it's you know, it doesn't matter how rich and powerful you are. closeness to the president is currency in the white house upstaging the president. >> at a certain point, antics or not even antics, just behavior can upstage the person who feels that he came in and was elected with a mandate i

would think that that ought to get under the skin of someone who is president of the united states, and i think could lead to problems. >> i mean, we also, i don't think, should lose sight of the fact that musk has so much business before the united states government. i mean, there are literally billions of dollars on the line based on this relationship, whether it's you know, spacex, the approvals and that's not even money. that's, you know they need the government to allow them to do things. his security clearance starlink, he's involved with the fcc. i mean, there are so there's so much here. >> and yet does it seem, you know, i think of elon musk as somebody who makes a lot of electric vehicles. like, will this mean that donald trump is suddenly pro electric vehicle? i mean it let's i'm reserving judgment on whether or not this relationship is actually directly benefiting elon musk's business. for right now. i think it's he's just enjoying the ride. >> yeah. well, and here is famous rocket catch. i should say that donald trump has also repeatedly mimed in his campaign events. so there you go. that's what's at