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Trump's Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk faced resistance while attempting to reduce federal workforce and address the $37 trillion national debt.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was unsurprised by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s fallout with President Trump, telling reporters, “Elon busts up with everybody…that’s what he does.” After the Musk-Trump partnership unraveled,
As CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino had a cushy job, a fancy paycheck, and the ability to contribute to the future of tech. So why did she step down Tuesday? It’s a tale as old as time: her “parents” were going through a divorce,
Though Trump and Musk are on the outs, workers with longstanding ties to the Tesla billionaire remain embedded in the government.
The brief détente between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump took its last breath over the weekend, as the billionaire and once top Republican donor announced he would form a new political party.
Trump’s “Ice Maiden” Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has admitted that the president and Elon Musk suffered a “very troublesome” end to their friendship. When Musk’s stint as a special government employee ended in May,
Tesla, the jewel of Musk’s public holdings, has paid the price. The electric vehicle company has shed over $350 billion in market cap since the start of the year. X, formerly known as Twitter, hasn’t fared much better: its AI chatbot Grok has been caught spewing antisemitic content, and CEO Linda Yaccarino just announced her resignation on July 9.
Here's what it would take for Elon Musk to launch a third-party effort to represent what he called "the 80% in the middle."
Musk promised to campaign against Republicans who voted for the bill, and Trump pondered whether to deport the South Africa-born billionaire. But after Musk announced over the weekend the formation of his planned third political party, the “America Party,” Trump seemed to feel less love or hate than pity.
As the Tesla boss has ramped up threats to form a new third party after Republicans passed Trump’s mega-spending bill, Musk also purged his X account of House Speaker Mike Johnson, the White House’s Rapid Response account, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, Energy Secretary Chris White, and MAGA activist Scott Presler.