What he's waking up to is the fact that backing Trump was never actually going to be to his benefit in the end. Which was obvious to anyone actually paying attention, from the moment he jumped on the MAGA train.
This follows the classic pattern of business-political alliances fracturing when policy interests diverge - similar to what happened with numerous industrialists throughout history who initially supported politicians only to find themselves on the wrong side of tariffs, regulations, or subsidies.
Letting “DOGE” be the ones to cut spending was kinda a great play on Trump’s part — it effectively got Elon to take the heat for cuts Trump himself wanted.
People are still talking about how “Elon” cut USAID, even though that was very clearly a Trump priority from the beginning.
Elon handed that "play" to Trump on a silver platter, from the name to the nonstop blabber about "efficiency" leading up to the electoon to the soundbite about empathy being a bug of western civilization.
>People are still talking about how Elon cut USAID
Yes, people are talking about how Elon cut USAID. No one is talking about how Trump didn't want those cuts. I haven't heard anyone earnestly claim this.
I’m kinda stoked to see what happens when the technocrats are in peril and how they respond to the authoritarian nationalists. Enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of deal.
I wouldn't call the richest man on Earth a fool from a business perspective.
It doesn't mean I am going to buy Tesla, the market already did, and Elon Musk is not above screwing with his investors to serve his personal interests. But you have to recognize the genius behind the madness. You don't become that rich without being a genius, also lucky, but not just lucky.
Well, it seems that there is more madness than genius lately, but the thing with Elon Musk is that it is hard to tell which is which.
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The situation has changed, so from the outside it may seem like he switched side. But he didn't: he was always fighting for himself and himself only.
Let's deport the cheap labor growing our food and building our homes. At the same time, let's raise prices on cheap imported products.
Wonder who gets hurt the most by this?
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People are still talking about how “Elon” cut USAID, even though that was very clearly a Trump priority from the beginning.
>People are still talking about how Elon cut USAID
Yes, people are talking about how Elon cut USAID. No one is talking about how Trump didn't want those cuts. I haven't heard anyone earnestly claim this.
I know it can be seen as a conspiracy theory now, but once the Tesla house of cards crumble, Enron will look relatively minor in comparison.
It doesn't mean I am going to buy Tesla, the market already did, and Elon Musk is not above screwing with his investors to serve his personal interests. But you have to recognize the genius behind the madness. You don't become that rich without being a genius, also lucky, but not just lucky.
Well, it seems that there is more madness than genius lately, but the thing with Elon Musk is that it is hard to tell which is which.
Only a fool would actually go to such extremes to be embraced by Trump.