Musk seems to have reconnected with the work of the White House due to the protests currently happening in Los Angeles against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Neuralink founder has long pushed for tighter border controls into the U.S., and this was among the political common ground which led to him supporting Trump in the 2024 elections.
Musk’s repatriation into team Trump began with the X owner screenshooting a post from the president’s Truth Social platform. In the post, Trump wrote: “Governor Gavin Newscum and ‘Mayor’ Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protestors, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!”
The post from Vance itself contains a further screenshot from Trump’s Truth Social, in which he claims “order will be restored, the illegals will be expelled and Los Angeles will be set free.”
The post from Vance accompanying Trump’s post reads: “This moment calls for decisive leadership. The president will not tolerate rioting and violence.”
And a further indication of the thawing relations between Musk and his former colleagues in Washington D.C. was his response to a JD Vance interview published at the weekend.
Reacting to the clip, Musk wrote: “Cool.”
Perhaps the most notable of Musk’s actions has been to delete the most salacious of his posts on X, which claimed the president’s name is in the Epstein files.
The post—shared with no evidence—was slammed as “BS” by Vance.
While White House Press Secretary Karoline Levitt laughed off that feud as “boys will be boys” she did have to respond more forcefully when Musk’s ire was directed at the Oval Office.
The Tesla CEO has variously claimed Trump could not have won last year’s election without him, as well as asking voters to rebel against the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ saying it is a “disgusting abomination.”
“I think it’s a very bad thing, because he’s very disrespectful. You could not disrespect the office of the president,” he added.
