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Musk views the current US administration favorably overall
Musk views the current US administration favorably overall
Musk says he does not agree with every action by the administration but considers its overall performance excellent and substantially preferable to the alternative.
- Speaker
- Elon Musk
- Topic
- US Politics
- Source timestamp
- 60:55
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