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The singer said People Watching is about Annie Orwin, who he described as "a surrogate mother in a lot of ways".

Other billionaires, like Mark Cuban, also became Harris surrogates while promising that she would abandon populist policies, like increasing taxes on billionaires.

Advisers have cautioned surrogates and allies to keep the charged term out of their remarks, Rolling Stone claims, to avoid “the concentration camps framing” that dogged Trump's campaign.

The incoming president, who takes office Jan. 20, 2025, said the two businessmen — among his most vocal surrogates during the presidential campaign — will operate outside of the federal bureaucracy.

Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, was once a challenger to and critic of Trump, but has become a staunch defender and campaign surrogate.