CNN Host Angrily Snaps at Republican After Seeing Elon Musk’s Proof of Waste

Feb 12, 2025

Elon Musk, the visionary CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, joins the discussion, diving into his initiatives on government reform and transparency. He tackles the heated exchange between CNN's Anderson Cooper and Republican Chris Sununu over FEMA's spending. Musk also recounts a press conference with Donald Trump that left reporters stunned. The conversation humorously reveals Musk's knack for provoking media, including tricking Dana Bash into reading a joke on-air, while addressing serious topics like political maneuvering and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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ANECDOTE

Cooper's Insult

Anderson Cooper called Chris Sununu a "dick" on CNN.
This happened after Sununu questioned the evidence supporting DOGE's findings of wasteful spending.

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Waters' Profanity

Maxine Waters used profanity towards Donald Trump at a public event.
She then jokingly asked the audience not to tell her children.

INSIGHT

Shifting Focus

Democrats are shifting their focus to Elon Musk.
This is because their attacks on Trump have been unsuccessful.

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks about CNN’s Anderson Cooper resorting to name calling after Republican Chris Sununu points out the wasteful spending that the Elon Musk led DOGE has already uncovered at FEMA and USAID; Elon Musk & Donald Trump’s Oval Office press conference where he stunned a reporter who thought she had found her gotcha question with her fact-check of the DOGE’s claim about the US funding condoms for Gaza; Jerome Powell fact checking Elizabeth Warren’s false claims about how cutting funding at the CFPB would affect financial regulations in the banking sector; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s resurfaced support for Biden ignoring the Supreme Court to CNN’s Anderson Cooper; Elon Musk tricking CNN’s Dana Bash to read his dirty joke live on-air; King Abdullah II of Jordan announcing he is willing to take in some Palestinian refugees from the Gaza strip at a joint press conference with Donald Trump; Clay Travis asking a crowd of Democrats to name one masculine Democrat in the party; and much more.

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