Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“I’m not going to speak for either of them. I was with the president in the Oval Office yesterday afternoon as some of this unfolded, and I can just say he was disappointed. I mean, he said that himself. I was as well. But look, I believe in redemption. I think we can resolve and get everybody together again.”
— Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), quoted by Punchbowl News, on the feud between President Trump and Elon Musk.
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