For some, watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk fall out is like watching your favorite power couple break up — and Bill Ackman and Ye really don’t want that happening.
The billionaire hedge fund manager and the hip-hop mogul took to X to share their thoughts.
Ackman urged Trump and Musk to reconcile and continue working together.
“I support @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk and they should make peace for the benefit of our great country. We are much stronger together than apart,” Ackman wrote in his post, which is now pinned to the top of his X profile.
Musk responded to Ackman’s post. “You’re not wrong,” the Tesla CEO wrote.
Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, took a different approach.
“Broooos please noooooo. We love you both so much,” Ye wrote on X, with an emoji of two people hugging.
Musk and Trump’s relationship has taken a sharp turn.
Shortly after Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt at a rally in July, Musk took to X to declare his endorsement of Trump’s presidential bid. He later stood by Trump’s side at Mar-a-Lago on election night, celebrating his victory.
In November, Trump said Musk would help lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, which was tasked with cutting federal spending.
Early in Trump’s second term, Musk was a regular fixture at the White House. At one point, the Tesla CEO brought his son, X Æ A-XII, to the Oval Office.
But in May, Musk began distancing himself from the administration.
Then on Thursday, it all came crashing down: Musk and Trump had a very public falling out, trading barbs on their respective social media platforms.
Musk, who left his role at DOGE last week, took to X to criticize Trump’s tax bill in a flurry of posts, branding it the “Big Ugly Spending Bill.”
Trump then fired back during a White House event, expressing his disappointment in Musk and dismissing the criticism as a case of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” before turning to Truth Social to defend his tax bill.
Representatives for Ackman and Ye did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider outside regular hours.
