The once-strained relationship between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has healed to the purpose that the Tesla CEO mentioned Monday he’s keen to be part of Trump’s cupboard, if the Republican presidential nominee is elected in November.
Trump introduced up the thought of Musk serving in his cupboard Monday in an interview with Reuters. Requested if he would think about naming Musk to a cupboard job or an advisory position, Trump mentioned, “He’s a very smart guy. I certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He’s a brilliant guy.”
Musk replied on X inside hours, posting, “I am willing to serve.” Musk’s sincerity in that assertion, although, was undermined by the picture he connected to it—an AI-created image of him at a podium labeled “Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.).” (Musk has lengthy been a backer of the Dogecoin meme cryptocoin.)
Musk endorsed Trump for president after the candidate survived an assassination try and just lately interviewed him on the social media platform. There have been experiences that Musk had dedicated $45 million per thirty days to a brilliant PAC supporting Trump, however Musk later denied making that pledge.
The opportunity of Musk as a member of the cupboard or an advisor is a considerable change in pondering from the place Musk and Trump stood simply two years in the past.
In July of 2022, Trump known as Musk a “bulls**t artist” after Musk mentioned he was leaning in the direction of voting for Ron DeSantis. Musk fired again on X that “it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,” later including, “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.”
Musk had additionally beforehand criticized Trump, calling him a “bull in a china shop.”