{"id":18931,"date":"2025-05-25T14:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T12:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/whatever-happened-to-elon-musk-tech-boss-drifts-to-margins-of-trump-world\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T14:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T12:38:19","slug":"whatever-happened-to-elon-musk-tech-boss-drifts-to-margins-of-trump-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/whatever-happened-to-elon-musk-tech-boss-drifts-to-margins-of-trump-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world"},"content":{"rendered":"

The president\u2019s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump\u2019s term but is now pulling back from politics \u2013 and Republicans want to keep it that way<\/p>\n

The Oval Office was crowded, with reporters cautioned not to collide with the Resolute Desk. Standing beside them, dressed in black, was Elon Musk<\/a>, billionaire ally of Donald Trump and head of his government efficiency drive.<\/p>\n

\u201cElon is from South Africa \u2013 I don\u2019t want to get Elon involved,\u201d the US president told his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, during a discussion<\/a> about crime against white farmers. \u201cHe actually came here on a different subject: sending rockets to Mars. He likes that better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe president\u2019s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump\u2019s term but is now pulling back from politics \u2013 and Republicans want to keep it that way
\nThe Oval Office was crowded, with reporters cautioned not to collide with the Resolute Desk. Standing beside them, dressed in black, was Elon Musk, billionaire ally of Donald Trump and head of his government efficiency drive.
\n\u201cElon is from South Africa \u2013 I don\u2019t want to get Elon involved,\u201d the US president told his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, during a discussion about crime against white farmers. \u201cHe actually came here on a different subject: sending rockets to Mars. He likes that better.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The president\u2019s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump\u2019s term but is now pulling back from politics \u2013 and Republicans want to keep it that way The Oval Office was crowded, with reporters cautioned not to collide with the Resolute Desk. Standing beside them, dressed in black, was Elon Musk, billionaire ally of …<\/p>\n

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