CNN: Musk Has Been Sitting on Calls with Foreign Leaders, Weighing in Trump’s Potential Picks

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TREENE: “I’m told many days this week, he dined with Donald Trump. Just the day after the election, he brought his children to Trump’s Florida home, where Donald Trump gave them a tour of his resort, but he’s also been sitting in many times when he’s been with Donald Trump on some of the calls from foreign leaders, including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Now, I’m also told that Elon Musk has been weighing in on some of Donald Trump’s potential picks, making it clear to the president-elect who he believes should have that role, and he’s also been calling up allies of Donald Trump himself, including lawmakers, and starting to exert his influence in that way as well. Now, one thing that we saw happen on Sunday is that he came out and waded into the Senate Republican leadership fight. He quickly endorsed Florida Senator Rick Scott after Scott had supported an idea from Donald Trump to allow for recess appointments, essentially trying to make sure that he can swiftly confirm some of his nominees and, in many times, bypass the Senate confirmation process. Three of the men are vying for that spot, but Elon Muk said that he supports Rick Scott. All to say Musk has been very influential, he’s very close with Donald Trump specifically, so in these final weeks before Election Day, where he has been out there campaigning for the former president, and now he is spending a lot of time with Donald Trump and making it clear that he’s going to be a top person who Donald Trump relies on as we look ahead.”