Elon Musk’s sagging approval ratings could be harming President Donald Trump’s favorability given the close relationship the two have, CNN data reporter Harry Enten explained Tuesday. On Erin Burnett OutFront,

Then along comes Musk, with one of the world's loudest microphones, shouting that NASA's astronauts are stranded and that President Trump wants them saved. It's a bombshell thing for the founder of SpaceX, who has become a close advisor to Trump, to say publicly.

There are already signs that Elon Musk’s marriage of convenience to President Donald Trump could be a fraught union. Musk turned more than a few heads by taking the lead on defeating a government spending bill last month — Trump doesn’t like being overshadowed — and undercutting a just-announced White House AI project last week.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.

Elon Musk was criticized during the presidential inauguration over a hand gesture that resembled a Nazi salute. At a far-right political rally in Germany, Musk recently made dubious comments that bordered on Holocaust denial.

Musk's comments came two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day and right after he was criticized for making what many viewers interpreted as a Nazi salute during an inauguration speech.

Elon Musk’s social media company, X, said on Tuesday that it was teaming up with Visa to provide financial services, in a step toward Musk’s plans of expanding it into an “everything app.” The new financial feature,

Visa is the first partner for the platform's “X Money Account" service, which is set to launch later this year, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said in a Tuesday post announcing the news. The offering, Yaccarino noted,

X has inked a partnership with Visa as the Elon Musk-owned social media platform seeks to become an “everything" app that offers peer-to-peer payments and other capabilities.