{"id":2430722,"date":"2025-05-04T13:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-details-journey-from-dems-to-trump-we-almost-always-agree-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T17:41:41","slug":"musk-details-journey-from-dems-to-trump-we-almost-always-agree-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-details-journey-from-dems-to-trump-we-almost-always-agree-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk details journey from Dems to Trump: &#8216;We almost always agree&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-details-journey-from-dems-to-trump-we-almost-always-agree-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2430722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Billionaire Elon Musk discussed his change from a supporter of former President Barack Obama to aligning with current President Donald Trump in an interview. Musk reflected on growing concerns about censorship he observed in 2022, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">targeting conservative voices online prior<\/a> to his acquisition of Twitter, which he rebranded as X to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entrepreneur-launches-new-internet-browser-to-promote-free-speech\/\" title=\"Entrepreneur Launches New Internet Browser to Promote Free Speech\">promote free speech<\/a>. He spoke about his previous support for Obama and how he felt deceived by teh Democratic shift under President Joe Biden, describing the Biden administration as &#8220;the most radical left, crazy administration ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk detailed his close relationship with Trump, stating they &#8220;almost always agree&#8221; on governance issues, including law enforcement and government efficiency. He criticized Biden&#8217;s handling of illegal immigration, suggesting that there was an intentional plan to naturalize a large influx of immigrants to secure a one-party state. Musk publicly endorsed Trump&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign and expressed concern about election integrity, arguing that if Trump had lost, meaningful voter manipulation would have occurred.<\/p>\n<p>he also thanked Tesla customers who supported the brand amidst vandalism incidents at dealerships and shared that Trump had recently purchased a Tesla vehicle for use by White House staff.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk details journey from once supporting Obama to now Trump: &lsquo;We almost always agree&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2112259\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>, an ally of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, reflected on the path he has undergone in becoming a supporter of the current president, which comes after he previously supported Democrats and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a> during the late 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>Musk detailed how he noticed growing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;censorship&rdquo;<\/a> in 2022, which saw multiple Twitter accounts &ldquo;on the Right&rdquo; getting suspended before he purchased the platform and rebranding it as X to make it a &ldquo;bastion of free speech.&rdquo; Years before this, he had a &ldquo;pretty good relationship&rdquo; with Obama during his presidency, and even gave a &ldquo;maximum donation&rdquo; to Obama.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3400330\/trump-dismisses-recession-concerns-transition-period-do-fantastically\/\">Trump dismisses recession concerns as &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dismisses-recession-concerns-as-transition-period-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... dismisses recession concerns as \u2018transition period\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">transition period&#038;rsquo<\/a>;: &lsquo;We&rsquo;re going to do fantastically&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3398534\/how-trump-testing-limits-executive-power\/\">How Trump is testing the limits of executive power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3398181\/100-day-report-card-trump-peace-ukraine-european-union\/\">100-day report card: Trump struggles to achieve peace in Ukraine and gives &#8216;tough love&#8217; to allies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;When Biden was elected, I guess most moderates that I knew, they thought it would be like a milquetoast version of Obama, and it&rsquo;s like, we get the most radical left, crazy administration ever, and Biden is actually non compos mentis,&rdquo; Musk said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>My View with Lara Trump<\/em>. &ldquo;You know, president autopen, basically. Biden was president autopen. Remember who controlled the autopen, the teleprompter during the Biden administration was the real president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Elon Musk&#8217;s Full Interview with Lara Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nFWs9Hm9WH\">pic.twitter.com\/nFWs9Hm9WH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teslaownersSV\/status\/1918872648651800889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Musk also delved into his friendship with Trump, stating that they get along &ldquo;very well&rdquo; and that the two of them &ldquo;almost always agree&rdquo; on what direction the United States should go, including enforcing the rule of law and ridding the government of waste &mdash; the focus of Musk&rsquo;s role with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>. Under his leadership, Musk said DOGE has uncovered &ldquo;20 million dead people&rdquo; in the social security database and people &ldquo;with a birth date in the future&rdquo; receiving unemployment insurance.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire publicly endorsed Trump&rsquo;s 2024 presidential bid right after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rod-blagojevich-predicts-trump-will-have-reaganesque-sweep-on-election-day-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Rod Blagojevich predicts ... will have Reaganesque \u2018sweep\u2019 on Election Day - Washington Examiner\">president narrowly survived<\/a> an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3178774\/exclusive-elon-musk-says-destiny-of-america-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">joined Trump onstage when he returned to Butler on Oct. 5<\/a>. Musk suspected that had Trump lost the election against former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrat campaign to &ldquo;import a vast number of illegal voters would have succeeded,&rdquo; turning the U.S. into &ldquo;a one-party state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden was simply asleep at the switch. He was ineffective regarding illegal immigration,&rdquo; Musk stated. &ldquo;No, he was highly effective at ushering in millions of illegal immigrants with a specific game plan to naturalize them and ensure that there would be no swing states anymore.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3400323\/musk-texas-wish-spacex-launch-site-approved-as-new-city-starbase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MUSK GETS HIS TESLA WISH. SPACEX LAUNCH SITE IS APPROVED AS THE NEW CITY OF STARBASE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During his interview, Musk also extended his thanks to anyone who has purchased a Tesla vehicle in recent months following acts of vandalism against the electric car&rsquo;s dealerships. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3344147\/trump-buys-tesla-white-house-thank-elon-musk-great-patriot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump also made a purchase of a Tesla vehicle at the White House<\/a> in March; while the president was not allowed to drive the car himself, he revealed that White House staff could use it.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3348486\/bondi-tesla-investigation-vandalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">opened an investigation into the Tesla vandalism in March<\/a>, warning vandals they had &ldquo;better watch out because we&rsquo;re coming after you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2112259\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2112259\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk reflects on his shift from supporting Obama to Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2430723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elon-Gulf-of-America-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,4250,3634],"class_list":["post-2430722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-musk","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Elon-Gulf-of-America-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430726,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430722\/revisions\/2430726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}