At the beginning of Wednesday, Elon Musk said in a social media post that he regretted some of his contributions and comments on President Trump last week, which led the President to disregarding a technology billionaire, a dispute that was played in real time on social media.
Mr. Musk said on his X platform that some of his contributions about Mr. Trump “went too far”.
Mr. Musk, the richest person in the world, was once among the President’s closest advisors and supervised a great effort to reduce expenditure and reduce the size of the federal workforce. However, he and Mr. Trump had a dramatic and public falling out after Tesla’s CEO left his role in administration.
Both men traded with spines on social media and Mr. Trump said last week that he was not interested in repairing a relationship.
Mr. Musk’s public expression was another sign of potential melting in a distance with the President. Even last week, Mr. Musk agreed to the X contribution, suggesting that both men were “together stronger”. Since then, Mr. Musk has deleted some of his most demanding contributions to social media. Mr. Trump also alleviated some of his public critics Mr. Musk.
The protests in Los Angeles also emphasized the key question of where both men agree: immigration. In recent days, Mr. Musk has used his platform of social media to bounce Mr. Trump’s rhetoric about protests and the need for a strong government reaction.
Mr. Musk’s post underlines the complicated dynamics of power between two men on Wednesday. Mr. Musk, who poured about $ 275 million into Mr. Trump’s campaign, is the largest donor in Republican policy. He also has more followers than anyone else on the X, a social media platform he owns.
Mr. Trump, however, has tremendous political power over Mr. Musk. Billionaire companies, especially Tesla and SpaceX, have received billions of dollars in federal contracts in recent years. When both men joined online last week, Mr. Trump threatened to cut them off as a way to “save money” in the federal budget.
Mr. Muska was promised at 3 billion in federal laughs from 17 federal agencies only in 2023. Many federal agencies are investigating or suing Musk.
The allies of both men urged them to reconcile. SAT initially focused on the criticism of Mr. Musk with the proposal of domestic policy signature, who condemned as “disgusting abomination” because it will significantly increase national debt. But the spites quickly moved to small and eccentric attacks.
For example, Mr. Musk suggested that Trump’s administration did not publish his ensembles on the dishonored financier Jeffrey Epstein, because Mr. Trump was in them. At one point, Mr. Trump asked why Mr. Musk did not cover his black eye -up during an oval office look last week.
The fight in the social media came when Mr Musk committed himself to retreat from politics and his work at the Ministry of Government’s effectiveness, federal government costs of reducing costs, focusing on his society that faced important moments for their future.
Tesla saw worldwide sales worldwide, because Mr. Musk’s policy has become a tension for the car brand. In the United States, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and France, sales have declined, while other electric car manufacturers gain land.
Tesla faces the main test at the end of this month, when the company is expected to introduce a new autonomous taxi fleet in Austin in Texas, called Robotaxi.
Mr. Muska SpaceX also faces key challenges. Society develops the largest and strongest missile ever built. Test flights have so far brought mixed results.
