Anyways, now that everyone has had their fun: 1) Musk is absolutely right that we need to take the deficits more seriously. That requires reforming entitlements and cutting wasteful programs. Simply moving money around while adding debt is a serious long-term threat. 2) Musk is also right that Trump’s tariff games are a disaster that are hurting the economy. They are also politically harmful. 3) Trump is right that there are serious conflicts with Musk influencing policy given his business interests. I don’t think those conflicts change #1 and #2, but they exist and should be acknowledged. 4) Threatening to cut government contracts because of a personal beef is wrong and corrupt. It’s also a game that would harm Americans. 5) Musk is able to much better serve Americans and humanity focusing on developing Space X, Tesla, Nueuralink etc 5) X’s algorithm and moderation policies still have series issues. And getting support is impossible. 6) Trump and Musk should privately work out their differences and stop taking everything personally because an open fight between them doesn’t serve anyone. Also, Trump should stop doing that thing where he pretends that anyone who criticizes anything he does has secret bad unrelated motives.
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