The Pennsylvania politician who won a Senate seat after a hard-fought race against Trump-backed Dr. Mehmet Oz, is calling for a calmer approach as the country transitions into another Trump presidency. Sen. John Fetterman has urged Democrats to “chill out” ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.

President-elect Donald Trump laughed off liberal angst over tech mogul Elon Musk’s growing political influence and affirmed that the space and Tesla guru won’t be president.

A fake Truth Social post circulated as Trump told a crowd at AmericaFest: "He’s not going to be president, that I can tell you."

Musk, the owner of car manufacturer Tesla and social media platform X, has been tapped by Trump to lead the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, after vocally supporting and financially backing his campaign for president.

Donald Trump, however, commended Elon Musk for doing an “amazing job”. He said, “It’s nice to have some smart people to rely on...”

A partial government shutdown in Donald J. Trump’s first term was the longest in U.S. history. In 2018, during Donald J. Trump’s first presidency, he said he would be “ proud ” to shut down the government if a deal was not reached that included funding he wanted for his proposed wall along the southern U.S. border.

The president-elect says the prospect of the Tesla billionaire taking over is “not happening”, and says the US could seek to retake control of the Panama Canal.

President-elect Donald Trump shot down any talk that he’s being overshadowed by Elon Musk, especially after Musk played a role in throwing a wrench into an emergency spending plan to prevent a government shutdown.

Trump calls criticism that he has ‘ceded the presidency to Elon Musk’ a new ‘hoax’ Speaking at the Turning Point USA Summit in Phoenix on Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump laughed off the notion that Elon Musk would be "taking the presidency,