Hours after the heated public confrontation staged by the two billionaires, Elon Musk tried to calm the dispute with Donald Trump by stepping back from the threat to “confiscate” a SpaceX capsule used by NASA. However, the president downplayed the South African, stating: “I don’t even think about Elon.”
Heartbreak leaves more doubts than divorce. Once again, social media X was the witness to a new chapter in the most recent drama involving Washington, after U.S. President, Donald Trump, he will get embroiled in a public skirmish against his old ally Elon Musk.
The South African magnate, extremely active in X – which he owns –, used his personal account again this Friday to continue his attack against Government Headlined by the Republican leader, sharing posts from other users encouraging him to “say what he thinks” without fear of political or economic repercussions that might result.
However, the ancient “first friend” of the White House The Trump supporter has toned down his criticism, at least against the president.
Musk again focused his virtual barbs against the structure of theRepublican Party en el Congress American, averting his gaze from his former friend who seems to have turned his back in the last few hours. “Congress is leading the United States to bankruptcy,” wrote the billionaire, sharing a graphic that criticizes public spending.
And it was that, at first, the altercation began due to the billionaire’s criticisms of ‘the great and beautiful law’, the name of the tax plan that Trump is seeking to approve.
Senate, after having easily achieved a majority in the House of Representatives for its first approval.
In his X profile, Musk tried in the early hours of June 6 to divert attention from his confrontation with Trump and continued with his rejection of the behavior of Republican representatives who support the tax legislation. The leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said that he has already exchanged messages with the South African to try to calm things down.
“I don’t argue with him about how to build rockets and I would like him not to argue with me about how to draft and pass laws,” Johnson said on CNBC.
A third party? Musk’s proposal
On the other hand, the South African continues with his hints about creating a new political party in the United States. After launching a survey on whether a third party was needed in the U.S. sphere that could represent the “80%” of the population that falls into the “center” politically, Musk mentioned that it was time to create a new organization.
There are still no details about the idea, nor whether it is a real proposal or a threat to the Republican Party.
Between peace and war
In any breakup, the first question that always arises between the protagonists of the relationship is: who will apologize first? In the case of Washington’s ‘bromance,’ it seems that Musk was carrying the peace flag to try to clarify that his frustration was aimed at the law, not against Trump.
The South African magnate took his reconciliation intentions to the virtual realm, responding with a “exactly” to a user’s post that was trying to explain that Musk’s criticisms were aimed at the congressional Republicans and that it was Trump himself who brought him to the field of personal criticism.
In addition, Musk also responded to a message posted by Bill Ackman, CEO of investment firm ‘Pershing Square’.
“I support that @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk should make peace for the good of our great country. Together we are stronger than divided,” wrote Ackman. “You are not wrong,” responded the tech tycoon.
On the other hand, in what may be the biggest step towards peace that Musk has attempted, the South African retracted his threat to dismantle the Dragon capsule, which belongs to his company. SpaceX, but used by the NASA for transporting materials and people heading to the site International Space Station. One day before, he threatened to confiscate the ship.
However, later on, Musk continued his virtual rant against his ex-friend. In response to a user’s post asking him to apologize to the U.S. president, the controversial billionaire reinforced his stance, once again touching on the sore spot of their breakup.
“Why would I apologize exactly? (…) I will apologize profusely as soon as there is a complete copy of Epstein’s files,” wrote the owner of X, referring to his previous day’s accusations about the supposed appearance of Trump in the ‘Epstein files,’ theorizing a link between the president and the late billionaire accused of trafficking underage girls.
A post that, minutes later, deleted.