“Elon Musk, a powerful and pivotal player in Trump’s inner circle, gets a shaky assessment from voters, with women clearly more critical of him than men,”Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said in the press release.

The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.

Elon Musk could be "pulling Trump down," as polls show his popularity among the American population is plummeting, according to CNN analyst Harry Enten. Newsweek reached out to the White House and Musk's companies,

President Trump’s allies and aides are learning to deal with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has had a consistent presence in the early days of the Trump administration. Musk had a front-row seat at Trump’s swearing-in,