PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will be president of the US - not Elon Musk.
"No, he's not taking the presidency," Trump told a conservative audience in Phoenix, addressing growing complaints about the outsized role the Tesla boss has already had in his incoming administration.
"You know, they're on a new kick," he said. "All the different hoaxes. The new one is that President Trump has ceded the presidency to Elon Musk. No, no, that's not happening."
That Trump would be compelled to address Musk's power is testimony to the unusual influence that the world's richest man has displayed in a second Trump presidency that won't begin for another month.
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