President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the media would not be successful in driving a wedge between him and his senior advisor, Elon Musk.
Trump was asked about his relationship with Musk and the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project during an interview alongside Musk conducted by Fox News host Sean Hannity. Both men were effusive in their praise of each other and said that the media would not be able to break up their alliance.
During the interview, Hannity said that the legacy media wanted a “divorce” between Trump and Musk, adding that “they want you two to start hating each other.”
“Oh, I see it all the time,” Trump responded. “Actually, Elon called me, he said: ‘You know they’re trying to drive us apart?’ I said, absolutely.”
“It’s just so obvious,” he added. “They’re so bad at it. I used to think they were good at it,…