Later, as Scherer recounts: “A friend of [Kennedy’s] connects him with Tucker Carlson who connects him with Donald Trump. Remember when Biden basically ghosted Elon Musk for that big 2021 White House electric vehicle summit ? Not just the famous humiliation of Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner . Otherwise, Donald Trump will. But if you think you’re too good to perform the basic glad-handing and ego-stroking, even for the nuttiest eccentrics, bad things will happen.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 02, 2026 18:31 UTC