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Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:25 AM Feb 2025

Donald Trump Taunted Over 'Most Powerless Image Of A President' Ever [View all]

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell pointed out the power plays that Elon Musk appeared to pull over President Donald Trump during their Oval Office press conference on Tuesday.

Musk stood over Trump, “delivering a picture of presidential subservience the likes of which we have never seen,” said O’Donnell. It was “the most powerless image of a President of the United States ever created by a camera,” said “The Last Word” host.

Tech billionaire Musk, who Trump has tasked with slashing public spending via the non-official Department of Government Efficiency, did “everything he possibly can to tell the world, without saying a word, that ‘Donald Trump is not the boss of me,’” said O’Donnell.

Musk, the world’s richest person, also “violated” other White House norms by wearing casual attire, being present with his child and talking more than Trump.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawrence-odonnell-donald-trump-powerless-image_n_67ac760fe4b023227078229d

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