Elon Musk, Sean Hannity repeatedly talk over Trump as he haplessly tries to make a point in Fox interview

WASHINGTON, DC: If there’s one thing Donald Trump isn’t used to, it’s being ignored.

But that’s exactly what happened in his latest sit-down with Sean Hannity and Elon Musk—where the US president found himself awkwardly sidelined as his allies chatted right over him.

It all went down in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, and it wasn’t exactly Trump’s usual love-fest. Sure, there were the expected MAGA talking points and gushing praise—Musk even threw in an “I love the president” at one point. But in the latest segment aired by Hannity on Wednesday, Trump seemed like the third wheel in his own interview.

Elon Musk takes center-stage

Things started off normally—Sean Hannity kicked off the conversation by tossing questions at both Donald Trump and Elon Musk. But when the topic turned to the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and America’s national debt crisis, the billionaire completely took over, according to the Daily Beast.

“It’s got to be solved, or there’s no medical care, there’s no Social Security, there’s no nothing,” Musk warned. “That’s got to be solved. It’s not optional. America will go bankrupt if this is not done. That’s why I’m here,” he added.

Trump attempted to chime in about Europe supposedly “taking advantage of us," but it seemed Musk wasn’t interested. Instead, he appeared to give Trump a quick look and kept going. And just like that, Trump stopped talking.

Musk then doubled down, making a snarky remark about how more “rich people should care about the country.”

If Trump thought that was just a one-time snub, he was in for a rude awakening. He tried again to speak, “Sean, you’re a—” he began, but Hannity shut him down before he could even finish his sentence. Instead, the Fox host switched back to Musk.

“This is important,” Hannity said, seemingly dismissing whatever Trump was about to say. He then went all-in on Musk, asking if he was “trying to be president, as the media suggests.”

Hannity wasn’t done hyping up Musk either. “You are really here because your heart and your passion is this? And the president described you as being—this is the biggest thing you’ve ever done,” he pressed.

Trump tried to reclaim the spotlight once again. “There could be nothing bigger. There’s nothing—” he started, only to get cut off yet again. Hannity, unfazed, continued to admire Musk. “You’re sending ships up to Mars—you know, spaceships up in the sky all the time,” he stated.

Donald Trump didn't look too pleased

Donald Trump didn't look like he was amused. “That’s peanuts,” he muttered under his breath.

But instead of acknowledging that little side comment, Hannity pushed forward like he hadn’t even heard him—gushing over Musk’s accomplishments. “And saving astronauts. That’s pretty big,” Hannity continued.

Finally, Trump had had enough. He raised his tone and declared: “That’s peanuts compared to what we’re talking about.”

Hannity finally paused for a beat and turned to Trump. “It’s peanuts?” he asked. Trump seized the moment. “Yeah,” he confirmed.

But the moment was short-lived. Hannity spun right back to Musk. “Do you agree with that?” he asked.

Musk delivered a heavy-handed answer: “America is the central pillar holding up Western civilization. That pillar must be strong. If that pillar falls, the whole roof comes crashing down.”

Trump saw an opening. “Including his ships. Including his ships going up,” he blurted out.

The conversation kept moving and soon enough, Trump pivoted back to his usual greatest hits—blasting the “fake news” media and tossing out his signature talking points to keep his voter base happy.

Who’s really running the show?

Throughout the interview, Sean Hannity kept poking at the idea that Elon Musk might be the one actually pulling the strings in Washington. And he wasn’t the only one with that suspicion.

The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols jumped on that theory after the interview. “Like many Americans lately, I am seized with curiosity about who is actually running the government of the United States. But I am still not sure who’s in charge," he wrote.

The White House insists that Musk doesn't pull any strings at all. In fact, officials have gone out of their way to clarify that Musk isn’t even officially running DOGE—despite what his presence at the interview might suggest.

According to a court filing on Monday, Musk is merely a “senior adviser to the president” and has “no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself.”