You Likely Don't Realise Quite How Screwed Musk Is

He has already dug his grave, but he loves to dig deeper.

Elon Musk — WikiCC

The girls are fighting again — except, for one of them, it’s a fight to the death. The Trump-Musk feud was reignited recently when Musk loudly declared he would actively take down any politicians who voted for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Now, don’t go thinking this has anything to do with Elon suddenly developing a sense of empathy for the American people; instead, he is just pissed that all his government money will be taken away. The bill narrowly passed the Senate, but nevertheless, Trump is done with Musk’s interference. He is now threatening to set Musk’s DOGE against him and is even “looking into” getting him deported. To most people, this sounds pretty dire to begin with, but in reality, it’s a death knell for Elon’s empire.

Let’s start with the big one: deportation. Can Trump even do that to Musk?

Well, let’s be frank here: under Trump, the laws around deportation are pretty murky. But, given that Musk is a famous white figure with right-wing backers, throwing him out without due process will almost certainly fracture Trump’s support base and limit his power. So, he won’t do that. First, he will need to vilify him, and there are plenty of ways he can do that. Musk has several open investigations into his company’s illegal actions, from wire fraud to potential manslaughter. Musk also openly launched his first companies in the US while under a student visa, making him an illegal immigrant for a while. So, if Trump wanted to deport him, there is enough dirt for him to justify it in his kangaroo court.

But would being deported even harm Elon? Tesla doesn’t really need him on-site, and neither do SpaceX or X. I can’t stress this enough: none of these companies rely on his engineering, managerial or operational oversight. The primary task he handles for them is raising capital, and many of his most prominent investors are already overseas. So, deportation would be more of a circus display of power that would harm Musk’s already tattered reputation, rather than bury him.

Of course, it goes without saying that Trump absolutely shouldn’t deport Musk…

So, threats of deportation are more of a shot across the bow. Unleashing DOGE on Musk — now that is going for the jugular.