The "Special Horse Controversy" storm at the beginning of this month is still continuing and has sparked heated discussions in the global media. After exposing the "black information" between Trump and Epstein and even threatening to "impeach" the president, Musk once said that he would withdraw from the "Dragon" spacecraft plan and would no longer contribute to US government agencies. But he later took back this sentence, indicating that everything was as usual in the "Dragon" spacecraft. During the entire incident, Trump's response to Musk has been relatively "restrained", including after the two sides broke up later, Trump only conveyed through a third person that he was "very disappointed" with Musk, saying that he would continue to support the bill.
On the 6th, Trump responded to the Musk incident in an interview with reporters, but he was still not "angry", saying that he had been busy dealing with issues of China, Russia and Iran, and "did not think about Musk", so he could only wish him all the best. But at the peak of this storm, in addition to the Democratic media in the United States, some people from the Republican team chose to take sides in a hurry. After all, Musk made great efforts when Trump came to power last year's election, not only providing campaign funds, but also unblocking Trump's account and restoring his channels for speaking out. So much so that some campaign advisers said that if it were not for Musk's influence and money, the possibility of Trump taking office would be "significantly reduced."
Recently, Sequoia Capital partner Sean Maguire publicly supported Musk on social platforms. He said, "Musk himself has always done his best and puts his beliefs above his own interests. He must be moved by this." Maguire is one of Trump's financial backers. Although this remark does not mention others, the US media claimed that he believes that "Musk is not the wrong party in this matter", suggesting that Trump has problems. The two things that led to the breakup between Musk and Trump were the revocation of the electric vehicle subsidy bill, and the other was that Musk's close friend was revoked on May 31, causing Musk to "go crazy" revenge.
Analysts said that although Musk used the banner of "expansion of bills and affecting American interests", in fact, all parties clearly understood that this was just a reason, and the fundamental reason was that he touched the interests of Musk. Some Republicans, including those who support Musk, think that Trump's bill is "unkind". After all, Musk has paid so much. During his tenure as the head of DOGE, he also suffered serious losses in his company due to his position of supporting Trump. However, the first major bill during Trump's tenure "kicked Musk away" and vetoed the personnel appointments he supported without reason, which is really ungrateful.
But Republicans who support Trump believe that it is Musk who is "making trouble". Because Trump's "Big and US Act" is considered to revoke the Biden administration's tens of billions of dollars in subsidies for the electric vehicle industry, this is obviously more important than Musk's "small interests". And they said that if Musk was really a "patriot", he shouldn't have started to "slander the president" just because he didn't get any reward. Many of them are not offended by both sides, such as High Capital Gestner claims that he supports Musk, but "our country needs some kind of amendment to balance the budget" and appreciates Trump's policies. This kind of "neutral faction" is actually not uncommon.
