Majority of Americans have unfavorable view of Musk, DOGE: AP-NORC poll

State of play: Just 29% of Americans approve Trump's creation of DOGE, the survey found.

• A little over half (52%) of those surveyed said they have an unfavorable opinion of Musk, while 36% said they have a favorable opinion of the world's richest man.

Zoom in: 60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of the president relying on a billionaire for advice about government policy, the survey found.

• 78% of Democrats said they disapproved of it, while just 35% of Republicans said the same.

Catch up quick: Not even a week into the administration, Musk has been at the center of controversy over a Nazi salute and publicly undermined a Trump-backed artificial intelligence investment.

The intrigue: "Americans' views of Musk and Trump have a fair amount of overlap: About 8 in 10 Americans share the same view of both men, whether positive or negative," the AP said.

• "About half of Americans have an unfavorable view of both Musk and Trump."

Go deeper: "Keep Elon Out of AdMo": Musk meets D.C. resistance

Methodology: The AP-NORC poll of 1,147 adults was conducted Jan. 9-13. The margin of error is +/- 3.9 percentage points.