President Donald Trump has placed Musk at the head of DOGE, which aims to reduce government waste and spending. However, Musk has been criticized by Democrats for gutting federal departments, letting thousands of workers go, and accessing U.S. treasury data.

“Are you kidding? I grew up with seven brothers and sisters,” the former Republican governor of New Hampshire responded after getting into a tiff with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. “I’m a former governor. You want to know what I’m normally called? That’s one of the nicest things I’ve been called all week.”

CNN ’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday lost his cool with former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and flat-out told the Donald Trump -defending Republican: “Don’t be a dick.” The diss came during a panel discussion on tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Oval Office press conference alongside the president,

Chris Cuomo called out Anderson Cooper as a ‘fool’ after CNN anchor told former NH Gov. Chris Sununu ‘Don’t be a d–k’

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper apologized to former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu for telling him “don’t be a d--k” during a discussion Tuesday about the activities of Elon Musk’s government efficiency agency.