Is Musk already wearing out his welcome?
Tech billionaire Elon Musk was handed a major win Tuesday evening when President-elect Donald Trump announced that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO would co-lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” with Vivek Ramaswamy.
The announcement reinforces the closeness Musk has managed to achieve with Trump, even after the election. But for some people in Trump’s orbit, Musk’s presence has felt overbearing.
Musk has been so aggressive in pushing his views about Trump’s second term that he’s stepping on the toes of Trump’s transition team and may be overstaying his welcome at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two people familiar with the transition who have spent time at the resort over the past week.
The sources said Musk’s near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago in the week since Election Day had begun to wear on people who’ve been in Trump’s inner circle longer than he has and who see him as overstepping his role in the transition. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly.
“He’s behaving as if he’s a co-president and making sure everyone knows it,” one of the people said.
“And he’s sure taking lots of credit for the president’s victory. Bragging about America PAC and X to anyone who will listen. He’s trying to make President Trump feel indebted to him. And the president is indebted to no one,” this person added.
Heh. Trump is so weak and feeble that he’s letting Musk take over. Does he have the energy to fight back? I sure hope the media asks him about this the next time they get the chance…
It’s only a matter of time before Trump gets sick of him. He’s an annoying presence anyway and once Trump gets wind of him stealing his thunder it’s going to get unpleasant. There’s a lot of talk about Musk merging Xitter with Truth Social so there might be some money on the line in which case Trump will hold back until that’s settled. But in the end he’s going to have to ease Musk out. Two malignant narcissists can’t be in the same space for long without killing each other.