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Unfortunately, the optics of this could suggest that Trump fundamentally disagrees with Musk — or at best, is visibly indifferent to Americans receiving the Social Security they deserve,
This is one of the few times when Trump looks at the camera, intertwines his fingers, looks at the camera again, frowns, wiggles around a little, and then starts looking back at Musk,
Trump’s look of overt anger on his face, tilted shoulder placement that shows displeasure, while he seems to have to sit there and take it,
she said about the president’s overall demeanor He should not be in public like this.”
Even the child’s mother, Canadian pop singer Grimes, criticized Musk for taking their son to the Oval Office press conference, writing on X, formerly Twitter In this moment, Musk uses his son as a vehicle to justify his own discomfort,
Trump’s body language says that he was not in favor of having a kid attending his important press conference,
However, I think Trump is annoyed,
If you can have the wealthiest person on the planet in a room, standing with their child, still wearing their coats and hat, then clearly, you are the more powerful one,
He nods his head in agreement at semi-appropriate moments, but he mostly just sits there with his hands folded,
Musk wearing a T-shirt, coat and a cap shows he doesn’t feel a need to dress up or honor Trump by wearing professional clothing,
Musk standing behind him, making Trump have to turn around awkwardly to interact, immediately reduces Trump’s power,
When there’s a problem with a state, I think that that problem should be taken care of by the state. That’s what we have states for — they take care of problems, and a governor can handle something very quickly,
Trump said during that January North Carolina trip I think the Trump administration has taken every step possible to shield DOGE and Mr. Musk’s operations from the public light,
said Donald Sherman, chief counsel of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, one of the many groups that is suing to slow down and shine a light on what Musk and Trump are doing We don’t need this bureaucracy that’s picking and choosing winners,
They’re getting wealthy at the taxpayer expense,
I’m not sure we should be sending $50 million worth of condoms to anywhere, frankly,
I'll ask Elon...Musk to say a few words" puts him in the role of enabler and seems to imply a time limit,
At one point the child is mirroring and mimicking his dad's body language and then he is up on Musk's shoulders, pulling his hat off and rumpling his hair,
Using his son as a prop. Elon Musk doesn't belong in U.S. government." ... My concern is for Musk's little son. Why is he subjected to being a prop for his Dad?"
One user on X, formerly Twitter, said ... Another expressed concern for the child, writing The Hatch Act applies when Musk is on duty and using government resources. He’s not paid by the government, so technically, he’s not on duty and isn’t using government resources.”
A third person pointed out
