Elon Musk reportedly wasn’t on the invite listing asking tech world CEOs to debate “artificial intelligence education” on the White Home on Thursday.
President Trump plans to dine within the newly renovated Rose Backyard with greater than a dozen pioneering AI executives, together with Microsoft co-founder Invoice Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, based on a visitor listing first obtained by The Hill.
Not among the many names on that VIP rundown is that of the world’s richest man, who spent almost $300 million final 12 months to place Trump again in energy, then appeared to bitter on his former “first buddy” after serving simply 4 months within the president’s Division of Authorities Effectivity.
Musk claimed on Thursday he was invited to the occasion “but unfortunately could not attend,” and stated he would ship a consultant on his behalf.
Cracks in Musk’s relationship with Trump started to emerge in June when the tech billionaire took difficulty with the president’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which didn’t embrace credit for electrical vehicles.
“I’m sorry but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk posted on X on the time.
A short time later, Musk accused the Justice Division of holding again details about its investigation into intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein as a result of the president, who was buddies with the useless pedophile, is “in the Epstein files.”
The next week, Musk confessed a few of his feedback “went too far.”
President Trump informed radio host Scott Jennings on Tuesday that he expects Musk to fall in line once more sooner or later.
“He’s a good man,” Trump stated, claiming the 54-year-old Tesla CEO is “80% super genius, and then 20% he’s got some problems.”
On Thursday, Musk responded to a video of a 2024 interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin wherein he went off on former President Joe Biden for snubbing him from a White Home assembly of electrical automobile makers.
“I try not to start fights, but I do finish them,” Musk wrote to Sorkin in response to the clip.
Initially Printed: September 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM EDT
