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Radioactive fallout between Elon Musk And President Donald Trump is an evolving situation marked by the public explosion on Thursday, but their relationship is linked even earlier with Trump’s first term.
November 2016 CNBC Interview He now has the CEO of Tesla, the world’s wealthiest man, won the current president’s critical tone a few days before he was elected president for the upset that marked the strength of the populist movement.
“To be honest, I think Hillary’s economic policy and her environmental policy are particularly correct, but yes, and I also think this is not the best moment of our democracy,” Musk said.
“Well, I feel a bit strongly that he is probably not the right person. He doesn’t seem to have the kind of personality that is well reflected in the US,” he later added in an interview.
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On May 30, 2025, I will be attending a press conference at the White House Oval Office in Washington, DC. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
During Trump’s first term, Musk was part of his Economic Advisory Board, often including CEO, but eventually left his post after opposing the president’s move to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
“We’re leaving the Presidential Council. Climate change is a reality. Leave Paris is not good for the US or the world,” Musk posted at the time.
The two continued to have an on and off relationship, but there were some positive signs in May 2020.
“Congratulations, Elon Musk. Congratulations, to Elon, Elon, Elon and Elon and 8,000 SpaceX employees. Today we spoke at the Kennedy Space Center in May 2020.
And when SpaceX Demo-2 was launched, Trump said he and Musk would communicate regularly.
“Well, I don’t get into it. But yeah – I always tell him, a great guy. He’s one of our great brains. We like great brains. And Elon did a great job,” he said.
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Fast forward to 2022 when Musk bought Twitter and renamed X in 2022, when he revived Trump’s account after it was suspended after the events of January 6, 2021. In 2022, Musk announced he would vote for Republicans, but he showed he would support Ron DeSantis if Florida’s Ron DeSantis wanted the nomination.
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However, there was a major turning point in July 2024 after Trump was assassinated at a rally in Butler, Penn.
“I fully support President Trump and hope for his quick recovery,” Musk posted.
Musk then campaigned for the president. This includes the famous moments when he jumped onto the stage during a comeback rally at Butler.
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Butler, Pennsylvania – October. 5: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will speak with former President Donald Trump at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 5, 2024. ((Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post by Getty Images))
“I want to say what kind of honor is it to be here, but the real test of someone’s personality is how they behave under fire, right?” Musk said at the rally. “And there was a president who couldn’t climb a flight of stairs, and a president who pumped his fist after being shot.”
“This is not a normal election,” Tech CEO continued. “The other side wants to take away your freedom of speech.”
“Please be a pest for everyone,” he added. “You know, people on the streets everywhere: vote, vote, vote!”
The tech billionaire spent about $300 million at the US PAC to boost the efforts of voters in swing states, including Pennsylvania.
By the time the presidential election rolled, Trump and Musk looked like close friends as Tesla CEO was with Trump at Mar Arago on election night. For the next few days, Musk reportedly stayed in Florida, advising Trump on his appointment and policy as the transition to a new administration began.
A week later, just before Musk and the new president appeared at the SpaceX launch together in Texas, Trump announced that Musk and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy would improve government efficiency to remove the government from waste, fraud, abuse and abuse.
Trump described the pair as “two great Americans,” and while Ramaswamy left the post in January and is now running for governor in Ohio, Musk quickly became the face of the agency that became the main target of Democrats’ attacks that pushed him back down spending cuts.
The protests erupted nationwide, including masks and doges. A violent explosion His Tesla dealer took the company’s shares and was labeled by the Department of Justice as an act of “domestic terrorism.”
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President Donald Trump bought Tesla from a White House mask earlier this year, as EV makers faced consumer backlash against mask political activity. (Mandel nkan/AFP via Getty Images)
During the first months of the year, Musk and Trump were discovered together at several viral events, including the UFC fight, the oval office meeting where Musk’s son “Little X” stole the show, and the cabinet meeting in late February, where Mask was the main focus.
In March, Trump hosted Elon at the Tesla Showcase in front of the White House in a Tesla Stock Dip, where the president told reporters he was buying Tesla while he was promoting the company.
When Musk’s era at Doge began to end, his classification of employees allowed him to serve for 130 days. The newly formed agency has become the child of a Democrat anti-Trump sentiment poster that consistently attacked the $175 billion cut in spending cuts that Doge estimated it had provided.
Signs of fractures in the relationship began to be shown in late May when the mask was released in Trump’s “big beautiful bill” as it passed through Congress.
“Frankly, I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill. This not only reduces it, it also increases the budget deficit and undermines the work the Doge team is doing,” Musk said.
Two days later, Musk announced its official departure from Doge.
“As our scheduled time as a special government employee is coming to an end, I would like to thank President @Realdonaldtrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” Musk said, adding that Doge’s effectiveness will “enhance over time by simply becoming a government-wide lifestyle.”
US Presidential Election Donald Trump greets Elon Musk when he arrives to attend to watch the launch of the Spacex Starship Rocket’s 6th Test Flight (Brandon Bell)
Doge didn’t reach Mask’s initial goal of cutting $1 trillion spent that he still said Stay optimistic I will continue working without a mask that will happen in the future and say “I look forward to continuing to be a friend and advisor to the president.”
That optimistic tone changed dramatically on June 3 when Musk challenged X, the platform he owned, calling it “nasty abuse” and denounced the budget settlement bill, which criticized Republicans who voted for it.
“I’ll kill the bill,” Musk said the next day.
The following day, on Thursday, the feud hit a fever pitch.
While speaking to reporters in the oval office, Trump said he was “very disappointed” by Musk’s voice criticism of the bill. The president argued that Musk “had no issues” until he knew what the bill was and needed to cut EV incentives.
In X, Musk called the rating “false.”
Trump turned to social media to criticize Musk. Musk has appointed him to find a way to cut $2 trillion after forming Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“Elon asked him to leave, saying, ‘I’m wearing it lightly.’ I took his EV mandate and made everyone buy an electric car that no one else wanted (he knew for months I was trying to do it!), and he just went crazy! ” Trump said in one post.
In another post, Trump said, “Don’t mind Elon is heading towards me, but he should have done that a few months ago. This is one of the biggest bills presented to Congress. It’s a record cut in costs, $1.6 trillion and the biggest tax cut ever.”
“If this bill isn’t over, there’s a 68% tax increase and it can be much worse than that. I didn’t create this confusion. I’m here to fix it. This puts our country on a great path.
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Elon Musk will be speaking on stage as he joins former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the campaign rally at the scene of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
At one point, Musk referenced the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in connection with Trump as part of the larger Tillard in comments that some Republicans have commented Talking to Fox News Digital I went “too much.”
Other posts from Musk included claims that Trump could not have won the election without his help, while accusing him of being “unclear.” In another post, Musk suggested that Trump should be fired each and replaced by Vice President Vance.
It is unclear whether the feud resolution will arrive in the next few days. Reported by Fox News Digital Musk wants to talk to Trump on Friday morning, and White House aides could be mediating the meeting.
Trump He told Fox News On Friday, he is not interested in talking to Mask., “Eron has completely lost it,” he added.
Trump also told Fox News’ Bret Baier that he was not worried about Musk’s proposal to form a new political party, citing the positive vote and strong support from Republicans at Capitol Hill.
