What’s your over/under on Trump/Musk?

[jon-nyc]

Two really strong personalities, it seems like just a matter of time until they have a falling out.

What’s your over/under on this pairing?

(We can measure in months or years, no need to convert to Scaramuccis, as tempting as that is).

[jon-nyc]

My guess is somewhere between one and two years. Certainly before midterms.

[Aqua Letifer]

My theory on Musk is that he sees Trump as a vehicle for disrupting the woke bullshit that caused the falling out with his kid. So it's possible he doesn't want to get that involved. I mean, it'd be very stupid if he were to get more entangled. I think it's possible he knows that but I don't know how likely that is, either.

[Axtremus]

One may get expedited approvals/subsidies for various spacefaring and satellite communication items.

When the fallout happens, the other will say of the former: "I have helped him make so much money, and this is how that ungrateful traitor repay me?! It is so unfair!"

[Jolly]

I think Elon will run his commission, deliver his report and that's the end of his heavy partisan involvement.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in What’s your over/under on Trump/Musk?:

My guess is somewhere between one and two years. Certainly before midterms.

Agree. Musk is smart and a very good innovator and being able to think outside the box. But like so many, he has found that he loves being famous.

It will be difficult for him to be a subordinate and that will eventually cause problems between him and President Trump.

[LuFins Dad]

I think we're honestly going to see SpaceX send a manned craft to Mars in 2028/2029. I'm not sure how much "Government Efficiency" will be accomplished. That will be interesting...

[Tom-K]

I think they will use each other for all they can get as
billionaires are wont to do.

[taiwan_girl]

President Trump during a meeting with Republican congressmen

“Elon won’t go home. I can’t get rid of him. Until I don’t like him.”

[Axtremus]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/politics/elon-musk-trump.html

Musk in Trumpworld.
"Courtier politics."

[Axtremus]

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

[LuFins Dad]

Uhm, yeah? May 20th… It’s been public knowledge since before the inauguration

[Axtremus]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/musk-says-he-hopes-europe-and-us-move-to-a-zero-tariff-situation.html

... Elon Musk said on Saturday that he hoped that Europe and the United States moved “to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone.”

Mr. Musk made the remarks during a videoconference appearance with Italy’s far-right League party in Florence. ...

[Mik]

@Tom-K said in What’s your over/under on Trump/Musk?:

I think they will use each other for all they can get as
billionaires are wont to do.

Bingo.

[Doctor Phibes]

I think they’re a bunch of cunts. Is that controversial?

[jon-nyc]

Seems to be posting anti-tariff stuff that doesn’t explicitly use the phrase ‘tariffs are bad’.