Throughout a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Information Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump said that DOGE’s Elon Musk gained’t be concerned in issues that pertain to his different companies and “If there’s a battle, he gained’t be concerned.” Whereas Musk mentioned that he would recuse himself.
Host Sean Hannity requested, [relevant exchange begins around 8:50] “[W]hat about his enterprise, what if there may be –.”
Trump minimize in to reply, “Then we gained’t let him do it.”
Hannity then minimize in and continued the remainder of his query by saying, “a contract he would in any other case get?” Whereas Hannity was saying the remainder of the query, Trump mentioned, “We’re not going to let him do it.”
Trump then talked about chopping again on electrical car subsidies within the tax invoice, which Musk mentioned harms him.
Musk then said, “I haven’t requested the President for something ever.”
Hannity then requested, “And if it comes up, how will you deal with it?”
Trump responded, “Properly, he gained’t be concerned.”
Musk answered, “I’ll recuse myself whether it is.”
Trump added, “If there’s a battle, he gained’t be concerned. I wouldn’t need that and he gained’t need it.”
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