Two weeks after Elon Musk’s extraordinarily public falling out with President Donald Trump, the billionaire Tesla CEO reignited his disagreement with the administration — this time going after a “snake” presidential aide who spurred the feud.
Musk left his function on the White Home in late Could, after months of main the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity which aimed to slash federal spending. Inside days of his departure, Musk and Trump had been buying and selling vicious barbs on social media. Musk later walked again a few of his most damning accusations, whereas Trump has additionally sought to downplay the feud.
But it surely seems Musk just isn’t finished burning bridges.
The X proprietor’s newest assault got here after the New York Publish reported that Trump personnel director Sergio Gor hasn’t submitted the required paperwork to accumulate everlasting safety clearance, regardless of his function vetting 1000’s of government department staffers.
New York Instances reporter Peter Baker posted the story on X on Wednesday, prompting Musk’s blunt reply: “He’s a snake.”
The White Home has pushed again on the New York Publish’s reporting.
“Mr. Gor is absolutely compliant with all relevant moral and authorized obligations. His safety clearance is energetic, any insinuation he doesn’t keep a clearance is fake,” White Home counsel David Warrington stated in a press release offered to HuffPost.
Gor is a longtime Republican operative who co-founded a publishing firm with Donald Trump Jr. and led a pro-Trump tremendous PAC that supported the president’s 2024 marketing campaign. He has largely remained out of the highlight regardless of his influential function staffing the administration with Trump loyalists.
Tensions between Musk and Gor escalated after a tense Cupboard assembly in March, throughout which Musk reportedly “humiliated” Gor for not hiring shortly sufficient for key roles within the administration.
The connection took an extra downward flip in early June when Gor allegedly performed a key function in Trump pulling entrepreneur Jason Isaacman’s nomination to guide NASA, simply days after Musk left his White Home publish. (Musk had pressed for Isaacman to get the job.) As Politico notes, Musk’s social media assaults on Trump and his “Large Stunning” funds invoice began shortly after Isaacman’s nomination was axed.
“The NASA man was the straw that broke the camel’s again,” a Trump administration supply told the New York Publish on the time.
When reached for remark about Musk’s touch upon Gor, a White Home official stated the personnel director “helped Elon Musk set up many DOGE workers at companies to remove waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal authorities.”
