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Musk Feuded With the Two Least-Hated Members of Trump’s Cabinet

A new poll found Elon Musk had a much higher unfavorable rating than Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent.

The members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet who clashed the most with Elon Musk had the best approval ratings, according to a poll from the Daily Mail. Both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both had low favorability ratings, but thanks to high numbers of respondents who had either never heard of them or didn’t have an opinion, their approval ratings were +2 compared to their disapproval ratings. The poll found that Rubio had a 37 percent favorability rating compared to 35 percent unfavorable and 19 percent no opinion. Bessent had just a 19 percent favorable rating, compared to 17 percent unfavorable and 64 percent no opinion or never heard of him. Musk, on the other hand, had a dismal 34 percent approval rating and 56 percent disapproval rating. Just 10 percent of respondents didn’t have an opinion on the Tesla chief and former head of the so-called “department” of government efficiency. Before leaving the White House at the end of May, Musk got in a shouting match with Rubio over staffing cuts at the State Department and a physical brawl with Bessent over their respective choices to lead the Internal Revenue Service.