The White House has brushed off Elon Musk’s attacks on Donald Trump as an “unfortunate episode.”
Musk and Trump’s very public spat began on Thursday afternoon after the president told reporters at the White House that he was “disappointed” in Musk.
Trump also accused Musk of suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome” and suggested that he only objected to the “big, beautiful bill” because it removed the electric vehicle tax subsidies, which would hit Tesla’s bottom line.
My litmus test is checking out the reddit rconservative to see how this is affecting them. But I would make no mistake, Project 2025 and the MAGA GQP are extremely corrupt and haven’t batted an eye for worse things, and Musk represents only a fraction of the power and wealth Trump has his hands on. MAGA was never too keen on Musk, who was always a liability for it.
These people also have a lot of experience acting and saying what’s beneficial to them, and Musk probably knows that he can’t just leave and have things go back to normal, he has to find a way to “switch sides” to get people off of boycotting Tesla. Nothing Musk has said had any degree of weight or surprise, and Trump has remained surprisingly diplomatic if this was a true standoff. Whether people consider it a small possibility, trust actions more than words on the TV personality cult sideshow.