CNN conservative contributor Scott Jennings was put on the spot on Saturday morning as colleague Harry Enten teased him over Elon Musk's messy break up with Donald Trump that has spiraled into ugly accusations and roiled MAGA-land as conservatives choose sides
On Saturday morning's "Table for Five," host Abby Phillip brought up the messy divorce between the world's most powerful man and the richest man in the world which led CNN's Harry Enten to mock cry about the tragedy of it all.
"Oh my god, please, thank you," Enten wailed as he was invited to weigh in first, "Oh, this is just so horrible. And you know, when this news broke, all I could think of was my dear friend Scott Jennings. I texted him immediately, wondering how he was going to deal with this."
As CNN went to split screen showing both men, Enten continued, "Scott, how have you dealt with this? Are you doing okay?"
"I'm perfectly fine," Jennings replied before joking, "I do appreciate you offering to let me stay at your place for a while."
"My heart goes out to you" Enten offered as the panel started laughing.
Host Phillip jumped in to state, "Yeah, mom and dad are not doing so well right now. You know, maybe at this point, after a few days of this there is a big question about the Donald Trump of it all, because on Friday, he spent a big chunk of the day, the morning it seemed, calling around to network reporters, including our very own Dana Bash here at CNN and spinning a narrative because, I guess, maybe he was unsatisfied with how this was playing out without him. He got in there and the message was, 'I don't really care all that much'."
"Look, the short-term implications of this sort of salacious this week or, you know, exciting. But the long-term implications of this are more important. And what are they? Number one, the president's focus. You know, he's got to stay focused on passing the big, beautiful bill and making sure Republicans stay with him on what is essentially the entirety of his reelection agenda, which he ran on and won a big victory last November, "Jennings stated.
"Number two, the longer-term implications of the future of the Republican party," he added. "These two guys united last year to save America –– they did it. And now it's a question of what Elon Musk is going to do with his own political engagement in the future. That's still hanging out there."
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