Sometimes you can be lonely even in a room full of people, so perhaps Trump needs the richest man in the world by his side to make him feel loved. But it's also possible that he senses his new best buddy is no longer as interested in him and has instead decided that he's going to play president without him.

Critics called out New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) this weekend for his view on the controversy surrounding top Donald Trump ally Elon Musk’s role in the president-elect’s second term. CNN’s Dana Bash asked Sununu ― whose previous flip-flopping on Trump now appears to have morphed into full-blown sycophancy — if he believed there was any conflict of interest with tech billionaire Musk’s proximity to Trump,