In what could be seen as the first sign of fissure in the much discussed and advertised bonhomie between Elon Musk and Donald Trump with the Trump administration's newest USD 500 billion deal to develop AI infrastructure.
Musk vs Altman
The project named Stargate, involves Japan's SoftBank, Oracle and Sam Altman-led OpenAI and UAE-based MGX.
Although, he has not directly targeted Trump in any of his recent posts, Musk has taken on Sam Altman. In fact, there has been a back-and-forth between the two, over the past few hours. Musk even called Altman a 'Liar'.
Musk's 'Right' Tactics
Interestingly, Musk also appears to be using his recently developed strategy of using his Far-Right base to 'discredit' his opponents as leftist and propagandists.
Previously, when he fell out in favour with UK far-right leader Nigel Farage, he called for his replacement and shared or endorsed posts on X, that indicated he is 'liberal' and accommodating, accepting of Islam.
Now, Musk appears to be using the same strategy with his arch-rival (if one can call him that) Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
In his posts on X, Musk shared some posts, indicating that Altman is a leftist and a propagandist.
Although Musk himself does not use the words, he reposted some of the posts with cryptic comments.
Leftist, Propagandist?
Musk shared a post, which alleged that Sam Altman and OpenAI are funding Axios, which pushes against Trump and anti-American propaganda.
Another post claimed that Sam Altman is funding far left wing media. The post further added this is from last week. "Axios has pushed every anti @realDonaldTrump hoax under the sun. Very troubling stuff here especially given Sam’s love of lawfare funder Reid Hoffman. Did Sam help Reid, was that the project?", added user.
Musk also shared this post on his profile.
Reid Hoffman is a venture capitalist, who has strong Anti-Trump and and pro-Democratic credentials. Hoffman even endorsed Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election.
