Trump's "Musk Can't Be President" ‥ Budget Scandal Aftershock

"Trump's comment itself proves Musk's extraordinary influence"

Agrees with Musk's initial budget bill agreed by congressional leaders

After pain, the budget bill is passed excluding 'abolishing the debt limit'.

[Anchor]
Controversy is growing in Washington's political circles over Elon Musk, who has risen to the top of Trump's second-term administration.As some Republicans criticized the budget agreed upon by the

congressional leadership, Trump even mobilized extreme explanations and defended it.

I'm a YouTube reporter on the report.

[Reporter]
Trump, who attended a conservative group event, praised Musk as a smart man and even said this.

[U.S. President-elect Donald Trump] There are a lot of lies. There's also a lie that he ceded the president to Musk. No, that doesn't happen.

Musk, who was born in South Africa, also added that he could not become president.

[U.S. President-elect Donald Trump: Musk does not become president. I'm safe. Do you know why? Musk wasn't born in this country.]

However, the fact that Trump made such a statement itself proves Musk's enormous influence.

The controversy surrounding Musk has intensified in the budget bill.

The first budget bill agreed between Republican and Democratic leaders was ultimately defeated when Musk was the first to rebelled.

The new budget bill was processed after renegotiation, but Trump's demand to abolish the debt limit was rejected due to opposition from even more than 30 Republicans.As

avoided shutdown, business shutdown crisis, Republican leaders threw bone-in jokes at Musk.

[U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson] I asked (Musk) 'Do you want to be speaker of the House?' I don't know. He answered that it might be the hardest job in the world]

This has hurt Trump as he reveals limits to his control of the House.

On the other hand, it was pointed out that only Musk, who is expanding his Tesla factory in China, was the winner as a clause regulating Chinese investment was omitted from the new budget.

[Democratic Congressman John Garamendi: Why did Musk kill the budget bill? I think many people did it for their personal interests related to Chinese investment.

Inside the Republican Party, the majority still defend Musk, but it is also clear that there are growing voices criticizing Musk's dominance.

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