MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked Donald Trump's new buddy and seeming "co-president" Elon Musk for wearing out his welcome less than two weeks after Election Day.
The billionaire tech mogul reportedly spent about $200 million helping to elect the former president, and Musk has reportedly been influencing his choices for Cabinet secretaries and enjoying a high profile in the Trump orbit.
But the "Morning Joe" host wondered how long that dynamic would last.
"You know, people keep talking about Elon Musk as a co-president," Scarborough said. "I don't know that is helping Elon Musk's standing. Also, I was very surprised that he tweeted out, basically weighing in publicly on who he supported for treasury secretary and also the issue of tariffs, which was sort of the centerpiece of Donald Trump's economic campaign and basically agreeing that he thought tariffs were not good for economies worldwide.
"I don't know if that ends well for Elon Musk or anybody that is doing that publicly."
Co-presenter Jonathan Lemire agreed, saying that Trump usually fell out with staffers and advisers who wanted to share the spotlight.
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"There is only room for one star in Donald Trump's sky and it has to be Donald Trump," Lemire said. "We know this is a man who would fire advisers if they got on a magazine cover. He does not like sharing the spotlight with anyone, and he has in recent days, he has couched them as jokes, but flashed irritation that Elon Musk is always around.
"He said that a couple times now at Mar-a-Lago, and he won't leave. I've been talking to some people in the Trump circle who say that's real. Trump is certainly flattered that the world's richest man seems to like him so much. We know that Trump is impressed by wealth, he likes to hang out with people even richer than he, and Musk certainly qualifies for that."
"But at a certain point, Musk, one Trump adviser was telling me, Musk didn't win a single vote. Donald Trump did, and Musk is going to have to restrain himself, this person said, if he wants to stay in Trump's orbit," Lemire added. "Otherwise, odds are there will be, if past is prologue, a rapid falling out in the weeks or months ahead."
"What do they say about visitors?" Scarborough said. "Like, after three days, they're like fish, they start to smell."
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