One of Elon Musk’s first televised interviews since leaving the White House got off to a shaky start Sunday when the tech billionaire tried to elude questions about President Donald Trump.
“CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent David Pogue traveled to SpaceX’s Brownsville, Texas, headquarters to chat with Musk, who left his controversial role as a special government employee last week.
Their chat, however, got awkward from the get-go when Pogue attempted to ask about some of Trump’s policies, including tariffs and an attempted crackdown on international students at Harvard University and other top schools.
“You know, tariffs always affect things a little bit,” Musk replied when Pogue asked if the president’s erratic trade wars had impacted his businesses.
And when the journalist asked for his thoughts on Trump’s efforts to ban Harvard from accepting students from outside the U.S., Musk visibly bristled at the inquiry.
