Trump was not bothered by 'President Musk' chatter: 'Nothing that Elon posted...'

Fox News host Lawrence Jones claimed President-elect Donald Trump was not at all bothered by the '

President Musk

' chatter on social media because nothing that Elon Musk posted contradicted Donald Trump and it was Trump who authorized Musk to make those posts as 'they're in lockstep'. The 'President Musk' chatter was only for social media and the Dems though Trump's team did not allow the speculations to grow as put a 'full stop' asserting that Donald Trump was calling the shots.
The controversy started over the spending bill against which Elon Musk made over 80 posts on X, the social media platform he owns. Democrats and some Republicans too questioned what government experience Elon Musk had to dictate Congress members to reject the bill. Donald Trump and JD Vance's joint statement came later and Congress sank into a 72-hour logjam with the threats of a

government shutdown

which was averted last night.
Fox's Lawrence Jones said he spoke with Trump amid the chaos and Trump did not show any lack of confidence in Speaker Mike Johnson who brought the bipartisan bill that was rejected by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. “I asked him about Mike Johnson because he brought this to the floor, and no one expected this amount of Republicans to vote against it,” Jones noted, reading from his phone. “And he said, ‘I have full confidence in Mike Johnson. He said this is not Mike Johnson. The Freedom Caucus blew it up.’”
Jones revealed that Donald Trump was prepared for a shutdown. On being asked whether he could sense any uneasiness over social media claiming Musk to be the president, Jones said Trump is too thick-skinned to be perturbed by these taunts and he's the one who told Musk to post about the spending bills.

“No, it did not bother the president,” Jones concluded. “As I said yesterday, the Musk tweet was a warning shot from the president. They are in lockstep on this. This is why the president appointed him for this commission — him and Vivek [Ramaswamy]. They are doing what the president wants them to do.”

What Elon Musk said about 'President Musk' chatter

Elon Musk said it was a strategy of the legacy media to weaken his relationship with Trump. "That is exactly the goal. The political & legacy media puppets all got their new instructions yesterday and are now parroting the same message to drive a wedge between
@realDonaldTrump and me. They will fail."
Apart from President Musk, there was a demand of 'Speaker Musk' which came from the Republicans. Musk was asked on Thursday whether he wanted to be the Speaker. "Should I be?" he said.