ELON Musk has “White House PTSD” and thinks he made a mistake by helping Trump get re-elected, his dad has claimed.
Errol Musk, 79, made the explosive remarks in Moscow, where he’s set to appear at a Kremlin-backed forum organised by Putin’s inner circle.
East2WestErrol Musk claims his son Elon has ‘PTSD from the White House’[/caption]
ReutersMusk Snr believes the Tesla boss regrets helping Trump get reelected[/caption]
Elon’s ‘tired’ and ‘stressed’, his dad saysAFP or licensors
It comes just days after his billionaire son’s high-profile alliance with the US President imploded in a fierce online feud.
The world’s richest man – who reportedly donated $288 million to Trump’s 2024 campaign and briefly served as a White House aide – has now turned on the president over his sweeping tax and spending bill.
Elon even claimed on X that Trump was tied to disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, though the post was later deleted and the White House dismissed the allegation outright.
And it appears their bromance is now beyond repair.
On Sunday, Trump confirmed to NBC that he has no interest in making amends.
When asked if their relationship was over, the president said: “I would assume so… I have no intention of speaking to him.”
Now, the Tesla and SpaceX boss is said to be grappling with regret and fatigue from his turbulent stint in Washington.
Errol told Putin-controlled media: “So at the moment, Elon is inclined to say that he’s made a mistake.
“Trump will prevail. He’s the president, he was elected as the president.
“Elon made a mistake, I think, but he’s tired, he’s stressed.”
AFPElon reportedly donated $288 million to Trump’s 2024 campaign[/caption]
East2WestErrol is currently in Moscow to appear at a Kremlin-backed forum[/caption]
He explained: “Five months of continuous stress, continuous, continuous stress, stress, stress.
“And then in the end, it’s just him and Trump left… they still don’t know what to do, so they fight with each other until they can come to normal conditions.”
The South African businessman added: “They are all suffering from a bit of PTSD, a post-traumatic stress disorder over the last few months, they started hitting out at each other.”
He likened the split to a “marriage going wrong”, telling Russian outlet Izvestia: “It happens in marriages, it happens in partnerships, it happens a lot.
“And people have to understand that at the moment, Elon is having second thoughts… he is still learning, he’s a great tech innovator and so forth.”
Errol said that Elon had been trying to “get everything right” with a recent bill, but clashed with Trump over what he saw as excessive Democratic spending concessions.
Errol made the explosive claims on Putin-controlled media in RussiaEast2West
East2WestHe said his son had a very stressful five months[/caption]
Errol’s comments were made to Tsargrad TV – owned by Konstantin Malofeev, a businessman with alleged links to Russian military intelligence.
He praised Moscow, saying: “Whoever designed this city is a true genius. These majestic buildings remind me of Ancient Rome.”
He also dismissed Western portrayals of the Russian capital as “nonsense”.
Errol will speak at the Future Forum 2050, organised by Malofeev and Putin ideologist and “philosopher” Alexander Dugin.
Meanwhile, Russia appears eager to capitalize on Musk’s estrangement from the US political elite.
Putin crony Dmitry Medvedev bizarrely offered to mediate peace talks between “D and E” – Trump and Elon – “for a reasonable fee and to accept Starlink shares as payment”.
Speaking to NBC News on Saturday, Trump warned there would be backlash if Musk financially supported Democrats who opposed his budget bill.
“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump said.
“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that.”
Musk even called for Trump’s impeachment earlier this week as the pair’s relationship crashed and burned.
He also asked his 220 million followers whether it was “time to create a new political party”.
By Friday, after 80 percent of 5.6 million responders backed the idea, Musk declared: “This is fate.”
The online feud kicked off on Tuesday when Musk tweeted that Trump’s signature “big beautiful” spending bill was a “disgusting abomination” that would add billions to the federal deficit.
“Congress is making America bankrupt,” he fumed on his platform X.
How did Musk and Trump’s relationship crumble?
ELON Musk and Donald Trump spent Thursday launching insults on social media as their relationship quickly went sour.
The Tesla owner called for Trump’s impeachment as the president hit back and warned the government could end all federal contracts with Musk’s companies. Here’s how it went down:
On Tuesday, Musk tweeted that Trump’s signature “big beautiful” spending bill was a “disgusting abomination” that would add billions to the federal deficit
On Thursday in the Oval Office, Trump addressed Musk’s criticism of the bill and accused Musk of trying to kill it because the bill ends federal subsidies for electric vehicles
Musk responded by live-posting on X as Trump spoke, initially shrugging off the president’s assessment with an unbothered “Whatever,” before tearing into the bill’s other spending provisions
Trump escalated the feud after the Oval Office meeting with multiple posts on Truth Social, saying he told Musk to leave the White House instead of continuing to work with Doge and threatening to dump Musk’s federal contracts, which are worth billions
Musk fired back on X by saying he was “decommissioning” the Dragon spacecraft made by SpaceX that brought the stranded Nasa astronauts back from the International Space Station in March
Musk also escalated the war of words by reposting and replying “Yes” to a tweet claiming that Trump should be impeached and replaced by Vice President JD Vance
Musk further fanned the flames by claiming that Trump is named in the infamous “Epstein files” and making unfounded accusations that its the reason they haven’t been released to the public
Trump and Musk’s bromance fell through in a spectacular public feud onlineAFP
APThe feud erupted over Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which proposed stripping billions in government subsidies from Tesla[/caption]
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