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SUMMARY
President-elect Donald Trump firmly rejected claims from Democrats that Elon Musk is the “real leader” of the Republican Party, dismissing the “President Musk” nickname during his speech at Turning Point USA's “AmericaFest” in Phoenix. “No, he’s not gonna be president, that I can tell ya,” Trump asserted confidently. “And I’m safe, you know why? He can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country.” Trump highlighted Musk’s support for his campaign, praising him for spending a month in Pennsylvania to help secure a decisive victory in the state. “He was really good,” Trump said, emphasizing their shared opposition to the controversial stopgap spending measure. Trump also touted his decision to appoint Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) panel, a bold initiative to eliminate waste, cut regulations, and transform federal agencies. He described the panel as a game-changer for government reform, calling it the “Manhattan Project of our time."
