President Donald Trump talks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at Trump Tower last February.
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he thinks former President Donald Trump should, “hang up his hat & sail into the sunset.”
Writing on Twitter, where Musk has greater than 100 million followers, the celebrity CEO said: “I do not hate the person, but it surely’s time for Trump to hold up his hat & sail into the sunset. Dems also needs to call off the attack – don’t make it in order that Trump’s only option to survive is to regain the Presidency.”
A bipartisan House select committee is conducting public hearings to present initial findings from a yearlong investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob of Trump’s supporters. The panel’s next public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Over the weekend, Trump called Elon Musk a “bulls— artist” claiming that Musk said he voted for Trump in previous conversations between the 2 men. But Musk tweeted to disclaim that claim and hit back at Trump on Monday evening.
The Tesla CEO previously said his first vote for a Republican was for Mayra Flores, the winner of a special election in South Texas in June.
Last month, Musk also revealed that he was “leaning” toward voting for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, should he run for president in 2024.
Musk’s comments about Trump got here after a tense day for his businesses.
SpaceX, his reusable rocket company, conducted a ground test of a rocket booster that resulted in an unexpected explosion in Boca Chica, Texas.
Musk also faced a legal challenge from Twitter on Monday, after searching for to terminate an earlier deal he struck to accumulate the social network for $54.20 per share. Twitter says his basis for terminating the deal was “invalid and wrongful.”
Musk’s electric vehicle maker Tesla saw shares decline on Monday after Shanghai ramped up mass-testing for Covid following reports of two dozen latest cases there. The testing raised fears of a resurgence and more lockdowns that might once more hamper Tesla’s factory operations in China.
