GOP governor claims Elon Musk is too rich to have any conflicts of interest in government
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Sununu says Trump’s ultra-wealthy Cabinet is a good thing, and denies Musk is in it for the money. Elon Musk is too rich to care about making more money, a GOP governor claimed during an interview on Sunday. Chris Sununu made the bold assertion on CNN’s State of the Union as he sat down for an interview with co-host Dana Bash. The New Hampshire Republican is one of the few holdouts in his party who remain in office without fully embracing the MAGA brand — though Sununu has been far more deferential than others like him.
The CNN host questioned Sununu during their interview about whether Musk, whose companies have won lucrative government contracts, faced a conflict of interest by serving as a close adviser to the incoming president. He told Bash that the Twitter and Tesla chief was “so rich he's removed from the potential financial influence” of serving as an adviser to Donald Trump in the White House. Musk, along with failed Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, is set to run the “Department of Government Efficiency,” likely taking the form of a presidential advisory council, with the stated purpose of making suggestions to Trump on cost-cutting measures. The position will have no direct authority, nor will Trump over the federal budget — which is written by Congress, and approved or vetoed by the president.
Sununu also lashed out at progressives and liberal Democrats for criticism of the staggering net worth of Trump’s incoming Cabinet, which the president-elect’s critics argue is indicative of an administration set to primarily benefit the wealthiest Americans and not working-class familes.
