{"id":2443899,"date":"2025-06-06T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-jennings-needs-pepto-bismol-to-break-down-trump-musk-feud-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:48:24","slug":"scott-jennings-needs-pepto-bismol-to-break-down-trump-musk-feud-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-jennings-needs-pepto-bismol-to-break-down-trump-musk-feud-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Jennings needs Pepto Bismol to break down Trump-Musk feud &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscott-jennings-needs-pepto-bismol-to-break-down-trump-musk-feud-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2443899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Scott Jennings, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-vetting-reporter-questions-ahead-of-briefings\/\" title=\"White House vetting reporter questions ahead of briefings\">conservative commentator<\/a> on CNN, humorously claimed that he needed Pepto Bismol to manage the ongoing feud between President Donald Trump adn entrepreneur Elon Musk.During a segment on *NewsNight With Abby Phillip*, jennings suggested that both figures have valid points to make regarding their clash over policy and priorities, notably in relation to Trump&#8217;s agenda and Musk&#8217;s concerns about national debt. He emphasized the importance of their alliance for the Republican party and Western civilization, stating that their feud threatens this partnership. Jennings expressed a desire for reconciliation,likening the situation to familial conflict,and mentioned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-senate-acquits-trump-seven-republicans-vote-guilty\/\" title=\"...ING: U.S. Senate Acquits Trump; Seven Republicans Vote Guilty\">media personalities<\/a> are deeply engaged in analyzing the dynamics of the conflict. In the broader commentary, it was noted that Trump holds notable power in the situation, capable of damaging Musk if he chose to retaliate. Other commentators, like Joe Concha from *washington Examiner*, remarked that Musk&#8217;s behaviour has been somewhat immature during this disagreement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Scott Jennings needs Pepto Bismol to break down Trump-Musk feud<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2140888\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-gop-tries-to-refocus-on-harris-after-trump-kemp-spat-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Georgia GOP tries to refocus on Harris after Trump\/Kemp spat - Washington Examiner\">conservative commentator&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/conservatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott Jennings<\/a>&nbsp;filled his news mug with Pepto Bismol Thursday night before facing his liberal colleagues to break down the feud between President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pepto Bismol is what we all need here in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Republican Party<\/a>,&rdquo; he said to the panel on CNN&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>NewsNight With Abby Phillip<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3433658\/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-layoffs-education-department\/\">Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow layoffs at Education Department<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3433650\/north-korea-corrects-naval-destroyer-balloons-manpower\/\">North Korea corrects disastrous naval destroyer with balloons and manpower<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3433648\/joe-concha-musk-trump-feud\/\">Musk has acted like &#8216;petulant teenager&#8217; in Trump feud: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I thought it was some Jack Daniels,&rdquo; one panel member said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2969612&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=942392d3c142048a2c61af7eb0b73b5d\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re beyond that,&rdquo; Jennings replied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3432816\/trump-musk-simmering-feud-tax-bill-ev-mandates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The feud between the president and Musk<\/a> over the &lsquo;big, beautiful bill&rsquo; and EV mandates reached new levels Thursday as the pair attacked each other on their respective social media platforms, and Jennings said both men have a point.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s agenda is in the bill, and he wants to pass it. That&rsquo;s his point,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Musk is not wrong about the national debt, and he deeply cares about this, and that&rsquo;s his point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Their goals are not mutually exclusive, which is, I think, the rub.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jennings said that the alliance Trump and Musk formed to take the White House in 2024 saved the country and set the course to save Western civilization, and this feud puts that in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not just about the daily policy quibbles,&rdquo; he continued, raising his mug of Pepto Bismol. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about the larger cultural things here at play.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, I&rsquo;m gonna have some of this tonight and hope for better days and better skies tomorrow because I still love them both, and I hate it when mom and dad are fighting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jennings was not the only <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >media personality attempting ot break<\/a> down the battle of the billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is asymmetric,&rdquo; ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl said on <em>Good Morning America<\/em> Friday. &ldquo;I mean, Donald Trump, to use his phrase, really holds the cards here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump could do severe damage to Elon Musk if he were to go vindictive, and he&rsquo;s been remarkably restrained.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Karl added that if Trump chose to go &ldquo;nuclear&rdquo; like Musk did, he could go after Musk&rsquo;s government contracts and announce criminal investigations.<\/p>\n<p><em>CNN<\/em> host and contributor Van Jones suggested that Trump target Musk&rsquo;s employees within the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Donald Trump is smart, the first thing he&rsquo;s gonna do is fire, investigate, and prosecute all of Elon&rsquo;s people who are all throughout government with their laptops downloading data right now,&rdquo; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3433574\/trump-musk-feud-wont-be-speaking-to-him-for-a-while\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP TRIES TO PUT MUSK FEUD BEHIND HIM: &lsquo;WON&rsquo;T BE SPEAKING TO HIM FOR A WHILE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-is-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-to-his-opponents-joe-concha-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Walz is the \u2018gift that keeps on giving to his opponents\u2019: ... - Washington Examiner\">senior writer&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Concha<\/a>&nbsp;said Musk&nbsp;has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/luke-gentile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">acting&nbsp;like a &ldquo;petulant teenager.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elon Musk, let&rsquo;s be blunt, has acted like a petulant teenager with an itchy Twitter finger over the past couple of days,&rdquo; Concha said during an appearance on Fox Business&rsquo;s<em>&nbsp;Varney &amp; Co<\/em>. &ldquo;Musk does not live in the real world, Concha added. &ldquo;The real world is where Donald Trump lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2140888\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2140888\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Jennings turns to Pepto Bismol to discuss Trump-Musk feud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2443900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/befunky_2025-5-5_12-7-16-scaled-1024x558.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[56679,38862,56680,32076],"class_list":["post-2443899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-pepto-bismol","tag-scott-jennings","tag-trump-musk-feud","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/befunky_2025-5-5_12-7-16-scaled-1024x558.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443903,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443899\/revisions\/2443903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}