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Elon Musk@elonmusk February 7, 2025
I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man
A leopard doesn't change its spots ^^^ was this genuine given the man's history? He is not even conservative.
Elon Musk, speaking to CNBC, November 2016
I feel a bit stronger that he is not the right guy. He doesn't seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States, [...]
Following Trump's inauguration in January 2017, Musk accepted an invitation to participate in two councils advising the president,[59] and also criticized Trump's travel ban, regarding "citizens from certain primarily Muslim countries". In June, a few months later, he resigned from both business advisory councils in protest of Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, stating: "Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world".
Elon Musk@elonmusk July 14, 2018
Thanks Jack. To be clear, I am not a conservative. Am registered independent & politically moderate. Doesn't mean I'm moderate about all issues. Humanitarian issues are extremely important to me & I don't understand why they are not important to everyone.
Elon Musk @elonmusk July 12, 2022
Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America. If DeSantis runs against Biden in 2024, then DeSantis will easily win – he doesn't even need to campaign.
In July 2022, Trump referred to Musk as a "bull**** artist" and called Musk's contract with Twitter "rotten". Musk responded by describing Trump as being too old for the presidency, instead favoring Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential election. Afterwards, Trump stated on Truth Social that Musk had come to the White House requesting help with subsidized projects and that had he been asked to beg, "he would have done it". Trump also said on Truth Social that "Now Elon should focus on getting himself out of the Twitter mess because he could owe $44 billion for something that's perhaps worthless. Also, lots of competition for electric cars!".
In 2022, after Trump's Twitter suspension was reversed, Musk told Isaacson about Trump that "he's disruptive. He's the world's champion of bull****."
