Some of the donors of Trump’s Silicon Valley was mainly silent during Trump-Musk’s push on Thursday or tried to turn to other subjects, including bags and Chamath Palihapitiya, two veterans of the technological industry who are also hosts in the huge popular popular All Podcast, who has presented friendly interviews with Trump and some of his nominees in the office in recent months.
Thursday afternoon, Palihapitya published on X on Crypto, while Sacks shared a recent editorial of the New York Times on AI politics. But their colleagues hosts of Podcast, David Friedberg and Jason Calacanis, displayed what seemed to be cryptic references to drama.
“China has just won,” wrote Friedberg on social networks. “There are no real friends in politics – only mutual interests,” said Calacanis in a separate message. He followed a meme representing musk as rapper Kendrick Lamar, who was recently involved in a tense quarrel with his colleague musician Drake.
“I can’t wait to see the All The political convictions of the podcasts disappear overnight, ”joked Dar Sleeper, a former Tesla product manager, joked on X.
Adam Kovacevich, a former Google executive and the current CEO of the Chamber of Progress of Group of the technology industry, says that he thinks that the current riff of Musk-Trump does not get at the heart of most technological business leaders are really concerned with the current administration.
“I do not want to overestimate the rupture, but the vast majority of people in the technological industry are no longer aligned with anyone at the moment,” explains Kovacevich. “Some could appreciate what Trump has done, cancel the prosecution against the dry against Crypto and cancel Biden’s order on AI, but at the same time, there is still a lot of anxiety about prices. This is the biggest problem for technology at the moment.”
A former democratic agent who now works in a technological investment company says that, although the Trump-Musk fight will indeed require some people to choose a team, it will not be a simple decision for many of them. “It is not 2012 – there are all these different strands that make up the Trump alliance now,” said the operator, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized by their employer to speak to the media.
“The fundamental problem is that Elon was the bridge for people who went from the traditionally democratic technological industry to Trump and the republican party. And now the question is, will Elon be the bridge so that the technological industry returns to the left? ” The source said.
Two sources that have spoken to Wired say that some investors and technologists may not be quick to kiss musk because they are disappointed by the way he managed Doge. “Many people have made a huge confidence in the idea that Doge could shake the government,” said the former Democratic agent, but the reality is that Washington is a different world of technology. “The least result for many, not the best result for a few.”
While the sun was starting to bed outside the White House Thursday, Trump and Musk still exchanged beards – and there are few signs their battle will end anytime soon. In fact, it may only be the beginning. While the right -wing technological investor Mike Solana said on X: “And therefore, as the right right of the right and populist of the technology of 2025 begin.”
