Some of Trump’s high-profile appearances from Silicon Valley all The podcast has conducted friendly interviews with Trump and some of his cabinet appointments in recent months.
As of Thursday afternoon, Palihapitya posted information about cryptocurrencies on X, while Sacks shared a recent New York Times column on AI policy. But their podcast hosts David Friedberg and Jason Calacanis released what seemed to be a mysterious reference to the play.
“China just won,” Friedberg wrote on social media. “There are no real friends in politics, only common interests,” Karacanis said in another message. He followed up with a meme that portrayed Musk as rapper Kendrick Lamar, who recently had a tense hatred with musician Drake.
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Adam Kovacevich, a former Google executive and current CEO of the Progress Chamber of Technology Industry Trade Group, said he believes the current Musk-Trump Riff is not at the heart of the current government that most technology business leaders really focus on.
“I don’t want to exaggerate the breakdown, but the vast majority of people in the tech industry are not aligned with anyone right now,” Kovacevich said. “Some people may appreciate what Trump did, canceling SEC lawsuits against cryptocurrencies and canceling Biden orders on AI, but at the same time, there is still a lot of anxiety about tariffs. This is the biggest problem with technology right now.”
A former Democratic agent now works for a tech investment company, said that while Trump-Musk’s battle does force some to choose one side, for many, it’s not a straightforward decision. “It’s not in 2012, and now there are all these different stocks that make up the Trump coalition,” the operator said, demanding that they remain anonymous because they are not authorized by their employers to talk to the media.
“The basic question is that Elon is the gateway for people who have moved from the traditional democratic tech industry to Trump and the Republican Party. The question now is whether Elon will become the gateway for the tech industry to return to the left?” the source said.
Two sources who spoke with Wired said some investors and technicians may not be hugging Musk anytime soon because they were disappointed with how he handled it. “Many people are confident that Dooger might shake the administration, but the reality is that Washington is different from the tech world,” the former Democratic operative said. “For many, this is the least worst outcome, not the best outcome for a few situations. ”
As the sun started to set outside the White House on Thursday, Trump and Musk were still trading barbs, and their battle would end soon. In fact, this may just be the beginning. As right-leaning tech investor Mike Solana said on X: “So, as predicted, the 2025 starts with the great tech right/populist right split.”
