‘Scott, You Look Very Uncomfortable’: CNN’s Abby Phillip Puts Jennings on the Spot Over Trump-Musk Brawl

CNN host Abby Phillip mocked CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday after President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk continued to lash out at one another.

On CNN NewsNight, Phillip played a clip of Trump threatening to deport Musk and launch a DOGE investigation into his former ally’s government subsidies after Musk threw his support behind a third party to challenge the Republican Party.

“No criticism, Elon, or we’ll take your government subsidies away,” reacted Phillip.

Jennings protested, “Well, he’s never been known, the president, to shy away from debating someone who’s publicly taking him on, so I’m not surprised to see him jousting with Elon.”

He continued, “I still consider them both to be important. I think the dividing line in politics right now for me is who’s trying to preserve Western civilization and who’s not, and I still think Trump and Elon are on the same side of that line. I hope someday they get it back together.”

“Scott, you look very uncomfortable,” remarked Phillip.

Jennings replied, “I love them both, as you know. I love them both and I don’t like it when they fight. I’ve never liked it when they fight. I don’t like it when my friends are fighting. They’re fighting, I don’t like it. I’m gonna hide in the garage.”

CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers, meanwhile, took pleasure in Trump and Musk’s ongoing brawl.

“I love it. I mean, he called Elon a welfare queen,” Sellers weighed in. “I mean, he looked dead in the camera and said, ‘Elon Musk is a welfare queen and I will take your welfare queen money and send you back to where you came from.'”