Scott Bessent Reacts To Elon Musk Founding Rival Political Party Called 'The America Party'

On CNN, Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent responded to Elon Musk founding a new rival political party called the America Party.

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00:00I'll let you go. It's not a big secret that you had your differences with Elon Musk when he was

00:05working in the administration. He announced this weekend that he is starting a new political party.

00:10Does that worry the Trump administration? Look, the principles of Doge were very popular. I think

00:17if you looked at the polling, Elon was not. So I believe that the boards of directors at his

00:23various companies wanted him to come back and run those companies, which he is better at than anyone.

00:29So I imagine that those board of directors did not like this announcement yesterday and will be

00:34encouraging him to focus on his business activities, not his political activities.

00:39Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Appreciate your time. Thank you.