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Trump and Musk Teaming Up Again for Joint Interview With Fox News

IS X Æ A-Xii COMING?

The president has tapped one of his favorite hosts to handle the sit-down.

TOPSHOT - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-Xii join US President Donald Trump as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025. Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts, said the United States would go "bankrupt" without budget cuts. Musk leads the efforts under the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and was speaking at the White House with Trump, who has in recent weeks unleashed a flurry of orders aimed at slashing federal spending.
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President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency Director Elon Musk are teaming up again for a joint interview on Fox News following critiques about the optics of their recent Oval Office presser. Fox News host Sean Hannity has been tapped to handle the sit-down, which will air Tuesday night, Feb. 18, according to the network. Hannity also landed Trump’s first standalone interview after he was inaugurated for a second term. The network added that the pre-taped exchange will take place at the White House and will “focus on DOGE, the first 100 days of the Trump administration and other news of the day.” In reaction to Trump and Musk’s joint press conference earlier this week, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell remarked that the moment created the “most powerless image ever” of a sitting U.S. president. Musk brought his 4-year-old son X Æ A-Xii to the conference, who picked his nose and shushed Trump at one point as his father talked at length about DOGE’s crusade to weed out government “waste.” About his work, Musk said, “Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected. So, nobody is going to bat a thousand.”

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