Trump vs Musk: Can Trump survive Presidency without Musk's support? Did Musk deliberately got Trump into power or he miscalculated Trump? While Trump has all executive power under his pen's tip, Elon Musk controls lot of thing which can shake a capitalist nation's presidency.
Starting with What Musk did for Trump: Elon Musk bought Twitter for $45 Bn. It wasn't easy he had put lot of effort in getting the money to buy it. He got Trump back on most relevant political social media. Remember Trump was banned on this platform. He donated $250Mn+ in
... the day of inauguration ie Jan 20, 2025. Musk got "EV" shock: Jan 21, 2025 – Day 2 in office, Trump revokes Biden’s 50 % EV sales mandate for 2030 and freezes billions in charging-station grants. A direct slap at Musk’s Tesla ambitions—yet initial public silence from
Trump Doubles Down on Oil Feb–Mar 2025: Trump pushes pro-oil trade talks with India and OPEC. In a Houston rally, says: “EVs kill jobs. We need gas, not batteries.” This directly contradicts Musk’s long-term Tesla & energy vision. Another blow. EV Tax Cuts and Musk’s
Verbal Crossfire Begins: June 2025: Trump mocks Musk on Truth Social: “Elon has Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Musk hits back, suggesting links to Epst**n case (tweet deleted). Trump’s legal team issues notice. It’s now a full-scale war. SpaceX & Starlink Threats: Trump
Crypto & WLF Tension Trump’s ties with World Liberty Fund (WLF) to push crypto sovereignty angers Musk. He believes crypto nationalism threatens X’s payments expansion. Another fracture. WLF-backed exchanges get sudden SEC exemptions. Musk slams the “rigged” system. The Musk
Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose Musk: In 2025, you can’t run a country without tech alliances: • AI policy → xAI, OpenAI, Meta • Space dominance → SpaceX • Info warfare → X • EV & grid → Tesla • Comms infra → Starlink But It is not just this: Musk has deeper
Trump has threatened almost all Electronic giants to move manufacturing from China and India to US. This is huge disruption for them as it will disturb supply chain and impact will be on profits. Ex- Apple has $498 profit per iphone while building in India. It will come down to
May be yes May be no. Why? Trump's decisions are more driven by his family agenda than US's long term tech leadership agenda. This is where Elon failed to guage. Mulitple lies regarding Operation Sindoor is for getting WLF deal with Pakistan. But it might have impacted
So Musk got close to Trump and in return got close to his administration and entire GOP. What if Musk now has access to more files and details on Trump than anyone else would have ? What if Musk may rally behind everyone to impeach Trump and make JD Vance the next POTUS. While
