Trump Responds to Claims That Musk is Shadow President

‘He can’t be. He wasn’t born in this country,’ the president-elect says.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AMFest, hosted by Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 22, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

In a speech closing out Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest event, President-elect Donald Trump interrupted his post-election victory lap to address claims that Elon Musk is commandeering his presidency.

“He’s not gonna be president, that I can tell you,” Trump told a massive crowd in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 22.