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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Trump Suddenly Set to Cut Musk Loose as Knives Come Out Over WI Fiasco

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

After Democrats scored a huge victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, a contest that revolved heavily around Elon Musk’s involvement, Trumpworld is turning on their favorite billionaire. In a striking turn of events, Politico reports that Trump has informed members of his inner circle that Musk will soon be moving on from his multi-faceted role. What’s more, as Musk’s departure looms, White House loyalists and outside allies are now dishing that they view Musk as unpredictable and a major political liability. But what happened in Wisconsin isn’t just about Musk the person. It’s about the public backlash to the Trump-Musk alliance in government—and what it’s doing to the country. We spoke to Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan about what he saw unfold during this race, what it says about the deep unpopularity of the Trump-Musk agenda, and what now lies ahead. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm your host, Greg Sargent. After Democrats scored an enormous victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, a contest that revolved heavily around Elon Musk's involvement,

0:50.7

it now looks as if Trump world is turning on their favorite billionaire.

0:55.9

President Trump has reportedly told members of his inner circle that Musk will be leaving soon, with insiders now

1:01.3

viewing Musk as unpredictable and a major political liability. But what happened in Wisconsin

1:07.3

isn't just about Musk the person. It's about public backlash to the Trump-Musk

1:12.2

Alliance in government. It's a backlash to what they're doing to the country. And a new poll illustrates

1:18.5

this starkly, which will further undermine Musk's standing with Trump. Today we're talking about

1:24.3

all this with Representative Mark Pocan, a Democrat who represents

1:27.6

Wisconsin's second district and saw a lot of this unfold up close.

1:32.1

Congressman, thanks so much for coming on with us.

1:34.9

Oh, thanks for having me, Greg. Appreciate it.

1:36.6

That was quite a win for your party in Wisconsin, Congressman.

1:40.2

Yeah. You know, and even more, it's not just that we had a big win in a purple state because we don't have a lot of those anymore because we're purple. But it's the level of turnout that I think was especially significant. You know, I was doing doors for the Supreme Court candidate. I was helping launch volunteers. I've been doing a ton of town halls, both in my district

2:01.5

and in the neighboring third district. And it's clear. People are pissed. They're concerned.

2:08.1

They're worried. And this was their way of expressing all of that by showing up to vote. And because

2:14.6

of it, we had midterm, you know, congressional election level

2:18.0

turnout almost in an April nonpartisan primary, which just means that, you know, people really

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