Anderson Cooper blows up on Republican in tense spat over the hypocrisy of government waste: 'Don't be a d***'

For the 2nd consecutive night, a CNN big had a blowup astatine a Republican impermanent arsenic Anderson Cooper excoriated erstwhile New Hampshire politician Chris Sununu for being 'a d***.'

On Monday night, Abby Phillip lost patience with 'black sheep' blimpish commentator Scott Jennings connected air.

Tonight, Cooper and Sununu - who was besides a impermanent connected Phillip's amusement the nighttime earlier - got into it successful a treatment implicit Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. 

Musk and his lad X took implicit the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon to people President Donald Trump signing a DOGE-centric enforcement bid and besides took questions from the press.

Sununu called the full lawsuit 'surreal' but added that helium was impressed with the ideas Musk enactment forward.

'I cognize what you're not showing present but Musk gave 7 circumstantial examples disconnected the apical of his caput of wherever the corruption and fraud were,' helium said. 

Cooper responded: 'But we didn't spot immoderate of that. He doesn't contiguous immoderate existent evidence.'

The anchor besides claimed that Musk has a past of giving mendacious statements successful nationalist and online.

Sununu replied: 'He's lasting determination successful the Oval Office, bash you expect him to travel successful with 10,000 pages?'

The Republican erstwhile politician added that Musk and Trump's 'transparency' was a refreshing alteration from the Biden administration. 

Sununu past got into it with ineligible expert Jeffrey Toobin, who argued that it wasn't transparent 'to accidental things that person nary factual background.' 

'It's 23 days successful here, guys, 23 days. You're talking astir 2.3 cardinal that was saved past year. These guys are redeeming 2.3 cardinal a day,' Sununu claimed.

Toobin past responded by asking wherever the impervious of that was, with Sununu arguing that Toobin wouldn't beryllium blessed unless Musk provided '10,000 pages.' 

Cooper interjected, claiming: 'He's giving precise circumstantial things, but he's not really giving immoderate grounds of that.'

Sununu past promised that Musk and the Republicans would spell to Congress to beryllium what they were doing if they had to.

Things became heated erstwhile Cooper brought up a assertion that $59 cardinal was spent connected luxury hotels for migrants.  

Sununu changeable back: 'You're talking astir the FEMA wealth that was abused for migrants. That was FEMA wealth for migrants. That's good now?'

'No, I'm not saying it's ok. Don't enactment words successful my mouth,' said Cooper.

Sununu past asked: 'So, would you halt that? Would you halt that process?'

Finally, Cooper had had enough, saying: 'Don't beryllium a d***. What I'm saying is the portrayal by him is conscionable not factually accurate. He's talking astir luxury hotels,' earlier it was drowned retired by crosstalk. 

Musk joked successful the Oval Office Tuesday that the scrutiny DOGE is receiving is similar receiving a 'daily proctology exam' but vowed to basal retired the highest-paid D.C. bureaucrats.

An enforcement order, which wasn't instantly released by the White House, was intended to 'significantly' standard backmost the national workforce, pushing agencies to prosecute 'no much than 1 worker for each 4 employees' that depart, according to Semafor. 

Trump didn't adjacent fuss signing the bid successful beforehand of reporters, allowing Musk to clasp tribunal with his toddler for much than 30 minutes instead, with the president asking Musk to uncover immoderate of his findings.

'We bash find it benignant of unusual that, you know, determination are rather a fewer radical successful the bureaucracy who person ostensibly a wage of a fewer 100 1000 dollars but someway managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars successful nett worthy portion they are successful that position,' Musk said. 'Which is what happened successful USAID. We're conscionable funny arsenic to wherever it came from.'

'Maybe they're precise bully astatine investing, successful which lawsuit we should instrumentality their concern proposal perhaps,' Musk said. 

Trump rubber-stamped what Musk was up to, telling reporters, 'We don't privation an unsuccessful feline doing this.' 

'And I afloat expect to beryllium scrutinized and get a regular proctology exam, basically,' Musk joked. 'Might arsenic good conscionable campy retired there.'

Musk scoffed erstwhile asked astir his 'detractors' and said the American radical voted for these cuts. 

'I person detractors? I don't judge it,' the South African-born billionaire replied. 

'Well, first of all, you couldn't inquire for a stronger mandate from the public,' helium continued. 'The nationalist voted, a bulk of the nationalist voted for President Trump.' 

'We won the House, we won the Senate. The radical voted for large authorities reform. There should beryllium nary uncertainty astir it. That was connected the run - the president spoke astir that astatine each rally,' helium went on. 

'People are going to get what they voted for,' Musk insisted. 'And that's what ideology is each about.' 

DOGE's determination to rapidly spread retired USAID - the United States Agency for International Development - prompted disapproval and protests, with Democratic allies successful Congress lasting alongside national workers. 

There were besides large concerns astir Musk having entree to the Department of Treasury's payments system. 

Musk conceded Tuesday that DOGE's actions haven't been perfect. 

'And we are moving fast, truthful we each marque mistakes, but we'll besides hole the mistakes precise quickly,' the SpaceX, X and Tesla caput said.  

Overall helium justified DOGE's battle connected USAID. 

'I deliberation that determination are immoderate worthy things but overall, if you say, what is the bang for the buck, I would accidental it's not precise good,' Musk said. 

Right retired of the gate, White House property caput Karoline Leavitt had claimed the DOGE unearthed $50 cardinal being spent connected condoms headed for Gaza. 

Trump added to that by suggesting that Hamas fighters were utilizing those condoms to make 'bombs.' In the past, Hamas had utilized condoms, balloons and different inflatables to acceptable fires to Israeli farmland. 

But connected Tuesday, Musk conceded that the $50 cardinal condoms to Gaza was an inaccurate figure. 

'First of all, immoderate of the things that I accidental volition beryllium incorrect and should beryllium corrected. So nobody's going to bat a thousand,' the billionaire said. 

'I'm not definite we should beryllium sending $50 cardinal successful condoms anywhere, frankly, I'm not definite that's thing Americans would beryllium truly excited about,' Musk said. 'But you know, if it went to Mozambique alternatively of Gaza I'm similar that's not arsenic bad, but wherefore are we doing that?'