What he wants to do is step back behind the curtain because for the longest time billionaires have run our government Hiding behind the curtain. Elon Musk's big innovation was that he bought the presidency and then came out in front of the curtain and bragged about running the government on social media. The American people are rightly outraged. So when he says he's stepping back, I see him trying to go and hide, but he is still meeting with senators. (02:46–02:55)
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Asserts that Elon Musk has significant influence over the government and publicly boasts about it.
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