Don Lemon was caught in a verbal war against a TikToker over Elon Musk’s influence on President-elect Donald Trump.
The ex-CNN host spoke to various people in New York City over the weekend about the claim Democrats were pushing that the X CEO was the shadow “President Musk” over Trump based on Musk leading an online conservative opposition to a bipartisan deal to avoid a partial government shutdown.
“Who is the real president-elect, you think?” Lemon asked.
“Donald Trump won, I believe,” TikToker and former pro-soccer player Will John replied.
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“Democratic lawmakers in Washington are calling Elon Musk now, and they’re saying Donald Trump is the vice president or the head of communication,” Lemon followed up.
“What? Wait a second, no. No one said that,” John said.
Lemon interrupted, “Really? Have you not paid attention—”
“Absolutely not. I’m paying attention to what I’m doing during my day, so …