CNN Host Attacks Elon Musk Over Foreign Connections, But Her Guest Turns The Tables On Her

Mainstream media personalities have been working overtime since Election Day to demonize President Donald Trump and his picks to serve in key administration positions.

During one recent CNN segment, however, anchor Abby Phillip’s effort to castigate tech billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk almost immediately backfired when commentator Scott Jennings chimed in.

According to Fox News:

Jennings and Phillips sparred over the topic during Monday’s episode of “CNN NewsNight”, with Jennings rejecting the anchor’s idea that Musk’s foreign dealings should be concerning to Americans and saying he’s much more concerned about the Bidens and the Chinese.

“I have no concerns about Elon Musk. I have been looking at pictures of Joe Biden and Hunter Biden meeting with Chinese political leaders lately that we were told didn’t exist,” Jennings told Phillip.

The CNN commentator was referencing newly uncovered photos of then-Vice President Biden introducing his son Hunter Biden to Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-Vice President Li Yuanchao. Other photos show Joe Biden posing with Hunter’s business associates from BHR Partners, including Jonathan Li and Ming Xue.

The photos have added more fuel to allegations that the younger Biden was selling access to his powerful father to his foreign business partners.

The president has maintained that he has “never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.”

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The anchor prompted Jennings’ response by sharing headlines from various outlets reporting on Musk doing business with the Chinese government to get his Tesla vehicles built and sold abroad.

🚨 NEW: Scott Jennings absolutely destroys CNN anchor who asks if we should be concerned about Elon Musk's foreign business dealings.

“I have no concerns about Elon Musk. I have been looking at pictures of Joe Biden and Hunter Biden meeting with Chinese political leaders lately… pic.twitter.com/n84NSI8rA2

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 31, 2024

The latest controversy surrounding the Biden family has sparked some discussion on social media in recent days:

Here's Joe and Hunter Biden posing for a picture with Chinese business associates.

It's funny how this hasn't gone viral. pic.twitter.com/Rj95hPSRF7

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) December 28, 2024

New Photos from the National Archives show Joe Biden meeting with Hunter's Chinese Associates. We posted two of these photos on our X page.

WATCH! pic.twitter.com/83U71Kbgce

— Maga Media, LLC 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 (@MagaMedia_LLC) January 1, 2025

America First Legal, which obtained the damning photos, issued a December 23 statement about the development:

Today, America First Legal (AFL) released new photographs of Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during the Obama-Biden Administration, obtained through litigation against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These images shed light on the connections between then-Vice President Biden, Hunter and his Chinese business associates, and Chinese government officials including President Xi Jinping. Lawyers and representatives for President Biden and President Obama delayed NARA’s release of these photographs, as they did with other records, until after Election Day.

These new photographs appear to show:

• Then-Vice President Joe Biden introducing Hunter to President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China;

• Then-Vice President Joe Biden introducing Hunter to then-Vice President Li Yuanchao of the People’s Republic of China; and

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• Then-Vice President Joe Biden meeting with and taking pictures with Hunter’s business associates from BHR Partners, including Jonathan Li and Ming Xue.

Here’s a previous clip of Jennings predicting what the senior Biden’s presidential legacy will be:

🚨Scott Jennings shuts down CNN panel:

"Biden's going to leave office in disgrace. The Hunter Biden pardon was disgraceful. He'll be remembered for inflation and for the disastrous Afghanistan pullout, and the coverup on his health and mental acuity."
pic.twitter.com/CDtJ2pFINT

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 29, 2024