The presence of Elon Musk among the very close to Donald Trump has not finished sweating his entourage. During the transition period, the omnipresence of the sulfurous billionaire in Mar-A-Lago had already tightened numerous advisers of the Republican, who reproached him for wanting to mingle with everything. The tension between the South African entrepreneur and some relatives of the president still mounted a notch this week. Some of Donald Trump’s main collaborators and allies very little appreciated that Elon Musk publicly criticizes his megaprojet of AI, baptized “Stargate”.
An official from the White House told Politico that Elon Musk had “widely excited” by spending his day on Wednesday, to denigrate Donald Trump’s project. Another Republican close to the White House reveals that the staff of the president is “furious” against the South African, to whom he criticizes for having used his gigantic platform on social networks to skyrocket this agreement. “He clearly abused his proximity to Donald Trump. The problem is that the president has no means of pressure on him and that Elon has absolutely nothing to do with it, “worries this source.
It is very rare for a main advisor – in this case Musk – criticizes the decisions of a public president. Within the Republican Party, one wonders with more and more insistence if the friendship between Donald Trump and the one who was nicknamed the “first friend” will really last. Elon Musk was not present when Donald Trump presented the “Stargate” project, which brings together the specialist in the “Cloud” Oracle, the Japanese giant of SoftBank investments, and the generative ia start-up Openai (Chatgpt).
However, Elon Musk does not carry in his heart the CEO of Openai, Sam Altman. He also spent a good part of his day on Wednesday, trolling it on social networks. “They don’t have the money. (…) Softbank is only assured of $ 10 billion, “he wrote on X. Donald Trump, he said that Elon Musk’s criticisms did not bother him. “He hates one of the people involved in the agreement,” he told journalists.
