During a cabinet meeting at the White House, Elon Musk unexpectedly showed up uninvited. Trump, in front of the cabinet officials and media cameras, said without any mercy: 'I don't need Musk to do anything for me; the only reason he can sit here is that I happen to like him.' He really left no room for Musk's feelings.
Moreover, Musk was not invited to this meeting at all; he came on his own. U.S. political news networks have pointed out that many within the Trump administration and several external allies are very dissatisfied with Musk's unpredictability, all hoping to quickly distance themselves from him.
It feels like Musk and Trump are not far from a public break.
On January 20, Trump appointed Musk as the head of the 'Department of Government Efficiency,' claiming that by cutting government projects and personnel expenses, he could save the U.S. government $1 trillion. However, Musk is not a formal federal employee; he is a 'special government employee,' and according to U.S. law, his service cannot exceed 130 days a year. This means that unless Trump changes the relevant laws, Musk will have to leave the 'Department of Government Efficiency' by the end of May; if the 130 days only count as working days, he would have to leave in July.
There were rumors that Trump might change the law to keep Musk until July, but given recent developments, it seems very likely that Musk will have to leave by the end of May, or perhaps even leave early.
Why do I say this? It has a lot to do with their differences over tariffs.
After Trump announced 'reciprocal tariffs' on April 2, there were reports that Musk personally approached Trump to persuade him to cancel the 'reciprocal tariffs,' but Trump didn't listen to him at all.
After failing to persuade him, Musk began to fiercely criticize U.S. Chief Trade Advisor Navarro on social media, first saying Navarro 'has done nothing' and that having a PhD in economics from Harvard is a bad thing. After Navarro responded, Musk went even further, calling Navarro 'dumber than a bag of bricks.'
In just a few days, Musk and his brother publicly challenged Vice President Pence, emphasizing that tariffs would lead to inflation. This open criticism of Navarro and Pence is essentially an attack on Trump himself.
I believe Musk is aligned with the pro-conservative forces in Silicon Valley, and previously, it was just due to various reasons that he temporarily aligned with Trump. Now that their own interests have been harmed by tariffs, it's only a matter of time before they turn against him, just like hedge fund mogul Bill Ackman, who was previously a major Democratic donor but switched to Trump's camp because he opposed the Biden administration's stance on the Israel-Palestine issue.
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