#特朗普马斯克分歧 Trump and Musk: A Power Game of Love and Hate

In 2016, Musk joined Trump's economic advisory team, and the two were once close. Trump praised Musk as a "genius," while Musk complimented the president for being "bold." However, this "honeymoon period" quickly fell apart due to policy disagreements—Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement enraged environmentalist Musk, who angrily left the advisory team.

In 2018, Musk mocked Trump on Twitter for "not understanding technology," to which Trump retorted, "Tesla needs government subsidies to survive." During the 2020 election, Musk openly supported Biden, and Trump harshly criticized him as "ungrateful." But dramatically, after Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, he immediately reinstated Trump's account, interpreted by outsiders as an "olive branch."

In 2024, when Trump ran for president, Musk's attitude was ambiguous; he criticized Trump for "inciting division" while tacitly allowing Trump to be active on X (formerly Twitter). The two occasionally exchanged barbs from a distance and sometimes made secret deals, much like two calculating gamblers—both needing each other, yet neither willing to reveal their cards first.