ESPN host Stephen A. Smith has thrown his support behind Elon Musk’s idea of forming a new centrist political party, stepping into the ongoing public spat between Musk and President Donald Trump. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO proposed the concept in a recent poll, asking if it was time to create a party that represents the “80 percent in the middle.”
The feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump escalated sharply Thursday as Musk accused Trump of being named in the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein client files. The claim adds fuel to a growing public spat between the two figures over policy, personal loyalty, and federal spending.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is facing little media scrutiny after making a one-handed gesture during a California speech Saturday—despite similar gestures from Elon Musk and Steve Bannon being labeled “Nazi salutes” earlier this year. Booker’s move—placing his hand over his heart before extending it outward—mirrored Musk’s widely condemned gesture at a Trump event in February.
U2 frontman Bono faced fierce pushback on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast after claiming the Trump administration’s disbandment of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) caused 300,000 deaths. Rogan and Elon Musk quickly challenged the singer’s claim, calling it baseless and untested.
President Donald Trump presented Elon Musk with a symbolic gold key to the White House on Friday, praising Musk’s work as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The send-off, held in the Oval Office, marked the end of Musk’s special government employee tenure, limited by law to 130 days. Trump hailed Musk’s leadership in rooting out government waste, fraud, and abuse, calling him “one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced.”
Left-wing media figures are ramping up their attacks on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), calling it “performative vandalism” without results. On CNN’s “Inside Politics” Thursday, The Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg accused Musk of “owning the libs by destroying government institutions without a larger purpose.” The New York Times’ David Fahrenthold echoed the criticism, claiming Musk’s disruption of government operations left little to show for it.
Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza revealed that his Tesla was vandalized with a sign reading "Musk is a Nazi" during his son's soccer tournament.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has announced a two-pronged strategy to implement the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) proposed spending cuts, following criticism from conservatives over their exclusion from recent legislation.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced Wednesday a groundbreaking partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI, bringing the AI chatbot Grok to Telegram’s 1 billion users worldwide. The one-year deal will integrate Grok across all Telegram apps starting in summer 2025, offering features like message summaries, document analysis, question answering, and even chat moderation.
