‘Honeymoon Over?’ CNN’s Kasie Hunt Warns Elon Musk Could Sink Trump Politically

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt reported on the latest CNN poll out on Wednesday showing President Donald Trump with his lowest rating ever on the economy and warned that the president may be wasting his political capital from the election by keeping Elon Musk around.

“Hi, everyone, I’m Kasie Hunt. Welcome to The Arena. It’s wonderful to have you with us on this Wednesday. Today we are halfway through President Trump’s first 100 days in office. And there are new signs that his honeymoon with the American people on what has been his strongest issue may be over,” Hunt began her show, adding:

Take a look at CNN’s exclusive new poll. A majority of Americans, 56%, now say that they disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy. He’s underwater on the issue that voters care about the most. The issue that got him elected, and this is the worst rating of Trump’s political career on the economy, worse than at any point in his first term. So is the whiplash of the past few weeks finally destroying this image Americans have of Donald Trump.

Hunt then played a clip of Trump doing a promo from his reality TV show The Apprentice:

With lots of companies and thousands of employees. I’m always looking for someone who’s new and talented. I’m looking for someone who’s a sharp negotiator. I’m looking for the apprentice.

“So what is President Trump doing to reconnect with Americans and their economic concerns? He is hawking $100,000 cars, of course, quite literally, as markets were closing yesterday when the Dow was down more than 400 points. Trump was making a sales pitch for Tesla,” Hunt continued, adding:

People were watching thousands of dollars evaporate from their retirement accounts. As Trump was holding this piece of paper in his hand, showing just how much Teslas cost some into the six figures. Now, it’s not clear which one of these Trump actually bought, but this entire display led to this question from a Fox News reporter, no less.

Hunt then showed Fox’s Peter Doocy asking Trump, “What is your message? President Trump buying a new car? Well, there are some folks who will see this clip at home, and they are struggling with their retirement accounts down at the moment. Uncertainty about work ahead.”

“Well, I think they’re going to do great,” Trump replied.

“‘I think they’re going to do great,’” Hunt mocked, adding, “So is the Trump honeymoon over? We should be clear. There are some positives for the president in the new poll we have here, including strong approval for his immigration crackdown. And this just in the markets stabilizing somewhat. The S&P in the Nasdaq closing in positive territory moments ago.”

“Their first attempt to rally after that massive selloff that was triggered by Trump’s trade war and his comments about a possible recession. Still, Trump may be putting his own political capital on the line for someone that Americans like a lot less than they seem to like the president. In our new poll, more than half of Americans have an unfavorable view of Elon Musk. He is underwater, and nearly two thirds say that Musk does not have the right experience for his role: slashing and overhauling the federal government. And yet, this is the image that President Trump is leaving all of us with,” she said before introducing her panel and turning to Jonah Goldberg – the co-founder and editor in chief of The Dispatch.

“Jonah Goldberg, I want to start with you on this kind of Tesla display that we saw yesterday and how it fits into this big picture, because Trump does seem to be losing ground on something that Americans have given him all the credit for in the past,” Hunt asked.

“You know, so the first thing I want to know is whether or not Trump got the undercoating on that. You know, they put that into the factory. You just can’t, they can’t get that removed. Look, I think Trump still very much likes having Elon Musk around,” Goldberg replied, adding:

Not just because he wrote $100 million or made a hundred million, our pledge to his various PACs and whatnot. Sure. You know, Musk is– gets to play Bad cop for him and to have the richest man in the world playing bad cop for him. You can see why that would appeal to Donald Trump.

I don’t think that this relationship lasts forever. The act is going to get old. There’s been reporting that DOGE people are desperate to find actual wins, because a lot of them in a bit exaggerated. And eventually this is going to the conversation is going to move from the slashing phase to some other phase, and the show will get over. And I think they’ll figure out a way to peacefully move him off to the side.

Watch the clip above via CNN.