deirdre. thanks, deirdre. bosa.esident said earlier this hour that elon musk only acts once he's given approval. but many wonder if the ceo has too much influence in washington and over competitors to his own benefit. will he face more public pushback going forward that could constrain his influence? and how much will shareholders put up with for days like today? for more, let's bring in ed mills, washington policy analyst at raymond james. ed, the early line was that musk was the biggest winner from trump's election and that his political pivot, his ownership of twitter, it was all brilliant. it had created hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth for him seemingly overnight. are we playing that in reverse now? >> well. >> when you look at the. >> year to date and kind of. >> election to date. >> impact on elon. >> musk, it's. >> still pretty positive there. >> kelly. >> and you know, when you come to washington dc, what you. >> want the most is power. >> and it is. >> very clear that he has. >> that right now. >>