As the civil war between Elon Musk and Donald Trump heats up once again, close allies of the billionaire who once had the president's ear are coming to his defense and spilling on what he really thinks of the MAGA movement.
Early Tuesday, the president fired off another salvo at Musk, threatening to yank his millions of dollars in government contracts and suggesting "Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa."
That came after Musk spent the day on Monday trying to undercut the possible passage of Trump's megabill and warning he might start a new political party to counter both Republicans and Democrats.
In interviews with the Washington Post, Musk insiders noted the billionaire's displeasure with the direction of the MAGA movement.
According to Rohan Patel, an ex-Tesla executive in Washington, "My old boss has come to two logical conclusions: 1st, MAGA has zero credibility on tackling the debt crisis."
Patel then added, "2nd, MAGA is screwing over American high tech manufacturing and raising electricity prices for everyone with boneheaded energy policies and tariffs that will cede the AI and clean tech future to China.”
Another Musk ally, who did not want to be identified, stated that the billionaire's battles with Trump are making Tesla investors uncomfortable, and they want him to concentrate on what makes them money.
“This shouldn’t really be surprising,” they admitted. “They campaigned on this. … love Elon but not sure what the goal is here … we need to start a new party to undo what the last party I got elected did.”
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