Musk and Trump's "Plastic Alliance": When the Chain of Interests Breaks
"I don't want to criticize the Trump administration, but I also don't want to pay for its decisions—this spending bill has completely undermined DOGE's efforts." Musk's remarks in the interview were like a soft knife, quietly severing the expedient alliance with Trump.
The rules of the capital world have always been stark: there are no eternal allies, only eternal interests. The "honeymoon period" between Musk and Trump rapidly disintegrated under the iron fist of policy—the former openly complained that the trillion-dollar reduction plan shrank to hundreds of billions with questionable effectiveness, while the latter retaliated with the iron decree of "localization of vehicle manufacturing," targeting Tesla's global supply chain. Even harsher blows followed: heavy tariffs on steel and aluminum directly squeezed Tesla's lifeline.
This rupture had long been foreshadowed. In the Biden era, Tesla, pressured due to its anti-union stance, was forced to lean towards the Republican Party; meanwhile, Trump, in order to pass critical legislation, threatened party members with "supporting opponents if they didn't vote." Now, Musk's public dismantling of this alliance is a complete counterattack against political hostage-taking. When "Made in America" strikes against its own benefactor, and when trillion-dollar promises become mere rhetoric, the plastic friendship between capital and power ultimately snaps under the steel cable of interests.
Tesla shareholders have become the biggest victims: caught between the exclusion of the Democrats and the betrayal of the Republicans, Musk's declaration of "I can't take it anymore" is nothing but the mournful cry of another sacrificed pawn in the game of capital.
