Elon Musk’s Dad Blames Social Media Meltdown on Adult Son Being Tired, Cranky

Elon Musk’s father has blamed last week’s nuclear meltdown—between the world’s richest man and the president of the United States, ages 53 and 78, respectively—on his son’s need for a nap.

Speaking to Russian media, according the New York Post, Errol Musk said of his son and Donald Trump: “They’re very tired and stressed. And so you can expect something like this. It’s not unusual.” (He did not say if this sort of thing happened a lot when Musk was a kid, or if Musk similarly acted out when he was hungry and/or needed to be burped.) Noting that Trump would “prevail” due to being “the president,” the elder Musk opined that his son had “made a mistake” by getting into it with the leader of the free world. “But he’s tired. He’s stressed.”

As a reminder, last week’s market-moving brawl was seemingly sparked by Musk’s describing Trump’s spending bill as a “disgusting abomination,” and it also included:

• Musk writing, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election,” and calling Trump an ingrate
• Trump threatening to cancel Musk’s government contracts and calling him crazy
• People close to Trump saying he was considering selling his Tesla, likely out of spite
• Musk appearing to back a call for Trump’s impeachment
• Musk posting that the “Epstein files” had not been publicly released because Trump was in them, a claim he has since deleted. (He did not delete his raised-eyebrow-emoji response to a post reading, “The relationship between Trump and Epstein is well established. Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least 7 times. Though it’s not clear he ever went to the island.”)

Asked if he had any plans to reconcile with his former benefactor, Trump told reporters on Friday, “No, I don’t have any plans,” saying that he was “not really interested” in doing so, and then adding, probably most hurtfully, “I’m not thinking about Elon. You know, I just wish him well.” It’s not clear what Musk’s thoughts are on the matter; he appeared to endorse Trump’s attack on California over the weekend, and on Sunday night wrote: “It’s outrageous how much character assassination has been directed at me, especially by me!” Could that potentially have to do with his losing a fuck ton of money last week? It’s surely possible, though perhaps he just misses his old pal.

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