'Wow this is odd': Reporter says Trump Team is weirded out by 'guest that wouldn't leave'
A powerful ally of President-elect Donald Trump is already weirding out members of his transition team who view the supporter as the "guest who wouldn't leave," a CNN journalist says.
Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk has already rankled insiders as he dazzles Trump with "nerd glamor" amid a high-profile bid for political influence, tech journalist Kara Swisher said Monday morning.
"He definitely inserts himself all the time, that's his style," said Swisher. "I've heard from Trump people, calling me saying, 'Oh, wow, this this is odd.' And it is."
Swisher counts herself among a growing number of political spectators who predict Trump and Musk's alliance won't survive their strong personalities and shared desire for the spotlight.
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But Swisher believes Musk will remain a member of Trump world until its eponymous leader gets fed up with the world's richest man.
"They're both narcissists, and there can be only one narcissist as head of the country, and that's Donald Trump," Swisher said. "Trump goes through people like tissues, essentially. And even if it's Musk, they're going to clash at some point."
Swisher also predicted Republicans are about to find out Musk's primary managerial tactic — claiming absolute power within a company then abruptly turning precedent on its head — won't work in Washington D.C. the way it does in Silicon Valley.
"At Space X they've blown up a lot of rockets to get where they are," said Swisher. "I'm not so sure that you can blow up things in the federal government quite as easily without some impact."