Musk's father urges him to admit defeat
Errol Musk has said that his son, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, will end up losing in his conflict with US President Donald Trump, who has the overwhelming support of the American people.
The clash between the two former allies over Trump's 'Big and Beautiful' tax and spending bill escalated into a series of jabs on social media on Thursday.
Musk, who stepped down as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) last week, accused the president of 'ingratitude,' supported the idea of impeaching him and threatened to paralyze the US space program by decommissioning the Dragon spacecraft.
Trump, for his part, said that the tech billionaire had gone 'crazy' and claimed that Musk was actually upset because he 'took away his EV Mandate.'
Errol Musk told Al Arabiya on Friday that in the conflict with his son, 'Trump, of course, will prevail because he has been voted in by the majority of the people in America. I have just been three weeks in America - the people are, I would like to say, 80%, but actually 100% behind Trump.'
The elder Musk said that after the rift broke out, he sent a message to Elon 'telling him to make sure this fizzles out now.'
'What has happened is, you know, the alphas have sort of… cleared the opposition and like most animals, elephants... lions and so forth, and humans, are now looking to take on each other. It seems a bit silly to me,' Errol Musk said.
Both Trump and Elon Musk 'have been through a great deal of stress… You can expect this kind of thing, you know, when you are the focus of attention day and night. Eventually, people reach a point where they lash out... I think there is a bit of tiredness here,' he said, explaining the spat.
If his son is able to end the conflict swiftly, it will be just 'a bump in the road' in his relationship with the president, the 79-year-old said. When asked if there is a chance that Trump and Musk will be friends again, he replied: 'Yes, of course. Yes, of course.'
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